Chapter 4 Quiz

A  Owners of manufacturing plants

B  Small farmers

C  Republicans

D  Democrats

E  Labor unionists

A  Asserted federal control over immigration

B  Resulted in the creation of Ellis Island to process immigrants

C  Created an immigration agency

D  Placed new restrictions on who was allowed in the country

E  Is accurately represented by all of the above statements

A  They mostly worked in low-paying jobs

B  They mostly settled in rural areas.

C  The great majority of these immigrants arrived through Ellis Island

D  The two largest groups in this wave came from southern Italy and eastern Europe

E  They tended to settle in communities with others from their region

A  Voided the Chinese Exclusion Act

B  Included quotas for the “Asiatic Zone”

C  Established a quota system that favored northern and western European immigration

D  Were strongly opposed by labor unions

E  Are represented in all of the above statements

A  Staten Island

B  Ellis Island

C  Harbor Island

D  Long Island

E  Angel Island

A  It excluded indentured servants.

B  It effectively excluded people of color.

C  It required that a person reside in the country for two years before naturalization

D  It did not allow for people of color to become citizens.

E  It defined children of any American citizen born outside the country as a citizen.

A  Was the first, and only, federal law up to date to target a specific group of immigrants

B  Is accurately represented by all of these

C  Limited Chinese immigration indefinitely

D  Attempted to specifically limit the arrival of Chinese women to prevent the natural growth of the Chinese communities in the US

E  Established the Angel Island immigration station

A  A.P. Giannini-success in banking

B  Samuel Goldwyn-movie producer and Hollywood executive

C  Andrew Carnegie-success as industrialist

D  Anzia Yezierska-Hollywood writer and actress

E  Tyrus Wong-success as artist

A  Were the only group to participate in labor unions

B  Lived in tight-knit communities

C  Had a significantly higher rate of female immigration than other groups in the Great Wave

D  Recreated their cultural and social institutions in New York

E  Earned the respect of Americans for their religious devotion

A  The lack of discrimination and prejudice in the United States

B  Views of America as the land of opportunity

C  Religious persecution in the immigrant homelands

D  Poverty and lack of employment opportunities in their homelands

E  The need for cheap labor in industrial America

A  Emphasize the assimilation of Native Americans

B  Believe that American people and traditions should take primacy over those of immigrants

C  Want to return to nature

D  Live according to traditional Native American culture

E  Want to assimilate immigrants to American traditions

A  They were targets of prejudice and violence

B  They came mostly from the southern province of Guangdong

C  Many of them worked as laborers on the railroads and in mining

D  Most Chinese immigrants were men

E  They came with the intention of establishing permanent communities called Chinatowns

A  Both held immigrants until they could prove to have relatives in the country already.

B  Their main goal was to keep “illegal” immigrants out of the US.

C  Both used extensive interviews to establish the legality of immigrants processed there

D  Both exemplify the growing concerns over the arrival of immigrants to America

E  They were both located off the coast of New York.

A  American institutions are under threat by large numbers of immigrants who do no0t understand them

B  All of these.

C  Immigrants do not want to assimilate.

D  Immigrants come from countries whose customs are too different from our own.

E  The large number of immigrant labor threatens the livelihood of Americans.

A  Called for stricter requirements for naturalization

B  Appealed to fears that immigrants would replace American workers

C  Won some major victories in state elections

D  Rejected Catholicism as anti-American

E  Are represented by all of the above statements