Chapter 4 Quiz

A  Republicans

B  Labor unionists

C  Owners of manufacturing plants

D  Democrats

E  Small farmers

A  Created an immigration agency

B  Resulted in the creation of Ellis Island to process immigrants

C  Placed new restrictions on who was allowed in the country

D  Asserted federal control over immigration

E  Is accurately represented by all of the above statements

A  They mostly worked in low-paying jobs

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

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 mostly settled in rural areas.

A  Voided the Chinese Exclusion Act

B  Were strongly opposed by labor unions

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

D  Included quotas for the “Asiatic Zone”

E  Are represented in all of the above statements

A  Angel Island

B  Long Island

C  Staten Island

D  Ellis Island

E  Harbor Island

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

B  It effectively excluded people of color.

C  It excluded indentured servants.

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

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

A  Limited Chinese immigration indefinitely

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

C  Established the Angel Island immigration station

D  Is accurately represented by all of these

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

A  A.P. Giannini-success in banking

B  Samuel Goldwyn-movie producer and Hollywood executive

C  Anzia Yezierska-Hollywood writer and actress

D  Andrew Carnegie-success as industrialist

E  Tyrus Wong-success as artist

A  Recreated their cultural and social institutions in New York

B  Lived in tight-knit communities

C  Earned the respect of Americans for their religious devotion

D  Were the only group to participate in labor unions

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

A  The need for cheap labor in industrial America

B  Views of America as the land of opportunity

C  Poverty and lack of employment opportunities in their homelands

D  The lack of discrimination and prejudice in the United States

E  Religious persecution in the immigrant homelands

A  Want to return to nature

B  Want to assimilate immigrants to American traditions

C  Live according to traditional Native American culture

D  Emphasize the assimilation of Native Americans

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

A  Most Chinese immigrants were men

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

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

D  They were targets of prejudice and violence

E  They came mostly from the southern province of Guangdong

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

D  All of these.

E  Immigrants do not want to assimilate.

A  Won some major victories in state elections

B  Called for stricter requirements for naturalization

C  Appealed to fears that immigrants would replace American workers

D  Rejected Catholicism as anti-American

E  Are represented by all of the above statements