Chapter 4 Quiz

A  Owners of manufacturing plants

B  Small farmers

C  Republicans

D  Labor unionists

E  Democrats

A  Placed new restrictions on who was allowed in the country

B  Resulted in the creation of Ellis Island to process immigrants

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  The great majority of these immigrants arrived through Ellis Island

C  They mostly settled in rural areas.

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

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

A  Included quotas for the “Asiatic Zone”

B  Were strongly opposed by labor unions

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

D  Voided the Chinese Exclusion Act

E  Are represented in all of the above statements

A  Long Island

B  Staten Island

C  Ellis Island

D  Harbor Island

E  Angel Island

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

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

C  It excluded indentured servants.

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

E  It effectively excluded people of color.

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

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

C  Is accurately represented by all of these

D  Limited Chinese immigration indefinitely

E  Established the Angel Island immigration station

A  Anzia Yezierska-Hollywood writer and actress

B  Tyrus Wong-success as artist

C  A.P. Giannini-success in banking

D  Andrew Carnegie-success as industrialist

E  Samuel Goldwyn-movie producer and Hollywood executive

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

B  Earned the respect of Americans for their religious devotion

C  Were the only group to participate in labor unions

D  Lived in tight-knit communities

E  Recreated their cultural and social institutions in New York

A  Religious persecution in the immigrant homelands

B  The need for cheap labor in industrial America

C  Views of America as the land of opportunity

D  The lack of discrimination and prejudice in the United States

E  Poverty and lack of employment opportunities in their homelands

A  Want to return to nature

B  Live according to traditional Native American culture

C  Want to assimilate immigrants to American traditions

D  Emphasize the assimilation of Native Americans

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

A  They were targets of prejudice and violence

B  Most Chinese immigrants were men

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

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

E  They came mostly from the southern province of Guangdong

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

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

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

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

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

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

B  All of these.

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

D  Immigrants do not want to assimilate.

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

A  Rejected Catholicism as anti-American

B  Called for stricter requirements for naturalization

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