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- 1. Multiple Choice
Where did most immigrants during the Gilded Age come from?
East Asia
Southern and Central Europe
Mexico
Middle East
- 2. Multiple Choice
Many immigrants flocked to the nation's cities because of:
Shopping
Entertainment
Education
Employment
- 3. Multiple Choice
Preached salvation through service to the poor?
Nativism
Social Gospel Movement
Political Machine
Americanization Movement
- 4. Multiple Choice
The main immigration processing station in San Francisco was called:
Angel Island
Ellis Island
Tammany Hall
Hull House
- 5. Multiple Choice
The illegal use of political influence for personal gain is called:
Nativism
Civil Service
Graft
Gentlemen's agreement
- 6. Multiple Choice
The main goal of the Americanization movement was to:
limit the number of immigrants entering the country
assimilate people of various cultures into the dominant culture
improve living conditions of the poor
encourage people to move from rural areas to urban ones
- 7. Multiple Choice
The main goal of the Chinese Exclusion Act was to:
decrease Chinese immigration
create segregated classrooms (Chinese/American)
settle a disagreement of trade between China and America
stop Chinese Americans from attending college in the United States
- 8. Multiple Choice
An example of a patronage would be:
bribing a government official
assassinating a public official
saying one thing and doing another
appointing a friend to a political position
- 9. Multiple Choice
Tammany Hall was the name of:
a famous settlement house
a New York Customs House
a New York City political machine
federal courthouse in New York City
- 10. Multiple Choice
The Pendleton Civil Service Act required:
applicants for government jobs to pass examinations
native-born Americans to treat immigrants with courtesy
government workers to renounce all party loyalties
cities to provide services such as clean water to their residents
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which of the following had some of the same goals as the Americanization movement?
settlement houses
Gentlemen's Agreement
Chinese Exclusion Act
Patronage
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which of the following does not fit in with the political machine?
poor
urban
factory worker
opposed to immigration
- 13. Multiple Choice
What is the main purpose of patronage?
increase government funds
increase government efficiency
to reward supporters
to avoid concentrating power in one individual
- 14. Multiple Choice
Who is this individual?
Tammany Hall
Boss Tweed
Grover Cleveland
Rutherford B. Hayes
- 15. Multiple Choice
Who created this political cartoon?
Boss Tweed
Benjamin Harrison
Jane Addams
Thomas Nast
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which of the following most accurately describes the plight (a dangerous, difficult, or otherwise unfortunate situation) of immigrant factory workers in the late 19th c?
They often lived in overcrowded apartments, worked long hours, and labored in dangerous working conditions
They slowly migrated out of ethnic ghettos and into the suburbs as the twentieth century grew closer.
They tended to drive native-born citizens out of the inner city, thereby greatly reducing the US urban population in the late 1800s.
Since many of them came from Europe, they tended to be Protestants who were persecuted for their beliefs once they arrived in the US.
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which of the following scenarios is the best example of cultural pluralism?
Italian immigrants arrive in the US and immediately begin to learn English so that they can assimilate to US society.
Polish immigrants stay within their own ethnic ghetto because they prefer to be with people who speak the same language and practice the same customs as themselves
A Russian woman says hello to her Irish friend in front of a Jewish synagogue, while on her way to an orthodox church.
A Hispanic man leaves his homeland to come to the US
- 18. Multiple Choice
Why didn’t immigrants, particularly the Irish, who came to America in the 1800s seek to settle in the South?
most immigrants had no farming background at all
Polish immigrants stay within their own ethnic ghetto because they prefer to be with people who speak the same language and practice the same customs as themselves
A Russian woman says hello to her Irish friend in front of a Jewish synagogue, while on her way to an orthodox church.
A Hispanic man leaves his homeland to come to the US
- 19. Multiple Choice
Why didn’t immigrants, particularly the Irish, who came to America in the 1800s seek to settle in the South?
most immigrants had no farming background at all
he South doesn’t have a coastline, and had no harbors for ships to dock
slave labor did not allow for any available jobs
this is false; just as many immigrants settled in the South as in the North
- 20. Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements best illustrates the difference between Angel and Ellis Islands?
Angel Island primarily processed upper class immigrants while Ellis Island processed lower class immigrants. Both were in New York Harbor.
Angel Island primarily processed Asian immigrants coming into America on the West Coast, while Ellis Island processed European immigrants entering America on the East Coast
Angel Island closed during the 1960's while Ellis Island is still used as a processing center today.
all of the above are true statements
- 21. Multiple Choice
Immigrants from SE Europe were NOT LIKED by many Americans because all of the following EXCEPT
they were darker skinned and darker haired
they were less accustomed to stable forms of government and an economic system like ours
they were mostly uneducated
they were mostly Protestant
- 22. Multiple Choice
During the late 1800’s the United States rapidly became an urban nation. One reason for the transformation was:
Many farm workers had not started joining and organizing unions
Farm life became extinct
Immigrants were unwilling to do farm labor
Farm machinery and factory production caused the necessity of farm labor to decrease
- 23. Multiple Choice
Someone who opposed monopolies would have been most supportive of which of the following?
The Bessemer process
Standard Oil
The Pendleton Act
The Sherman Antitrust Act
- 24. Multiple Choice
The period during the mid- to late-nineteenth century was known as the Gilded Age. Which sentence best explains the reason for that name?
Prospectors discovered vast amounts of gold deposits in the west.
Large corporations shared profits with members of the working class.
Business growth led to an increase in lavish spending by the wealthy.
Technological innovation enabled the use of metal in building construction
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