Chapter 4 Quiz

A  Democrats

B  Labor unionists

C  Owners of manufacturing plants

D  Republicans

E  Small farmers

A  Resulted in the creation of Ellis Island to process immigrants

B  Placed new restrictions on who was allowed in the country

C  Asserted federal control over immigration

D  Created an immigration agency

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  Were strongly opposed by labor unions

C  Included quotas for the “Asiatic Zone”

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

E  Are represented in all of the above statements

A  Ellis Island

B  Staten Island

C  Long Island

D  Angel Island

E  Harbor Island

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

B  It effectively excluded people of color.

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

D  It excluded indentured servants.

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

A  Established the Angel Island immigration station

B  Is accurately represented by all of these

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

D  Limited Chinese immigration indefinitely

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

A  Samuel Goldwyn-movie producer and Hollywood executive

B  Andrew Carnegie-success as industrialist

C  Anzia Yezierska-Hollywood writer and actress

D  A.P. Giannini-success in banking

E  Tyrus Wong-success as artist

A  Earned the respect of Americans for their religious devotion

B  Were the only group to participate in labor unions

C  Lived in tight-knit communities

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

E  Recreated their cultural and social institutions in New York

A  Poverty and lack of employment opportunities in their homelands

B  The lack of discrimination and prejudice in the United States

C  Views of America as the land of opportunity

D  Religious persecution in the immigrant 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  Want to assimilate immigrants to American traditions

E  Live according to traditional Native American culture

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

B  They were targets of prejudice and violence

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

D  They came mostly from the southern province of Guangdong

E  Most Chinese immigrants were men

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

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

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

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

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

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

B  Immigrants do not want to assimilate.

C  All of these.

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

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

A  Called for stricter requirements for naturalization

B  Rejected Catholicism as anti-American

C  Won some major victories in state elections

D  Appealed to fears that immigrants would replace American workers

E  Are represented by all of the above statements