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- 1. Multiple Choice
How many immigrants arrived in the US between 1880 and 1921?
None, they were forbidden by quotas
5 million
23 million
40 million
- 2. Multiple Choice
From the 1600's to the Civil War, most immigrants to the United States were from
Asia
Latin America
Southern and eastern Europe
Western and northern Europe
- 3. Multiple Choice
During the Gilded Age (1870-1900), an immigrant arriving in the United States would most likely be from
England
Italy
Germany
Ireland
- 4. Multiple Choice
The majority of European immigrants entering the US during the Gilded Age passed through
Roanoke Island
Angel Island
Ellis Island
Three Mile Island
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was not a legal requirement for entering the US during the Gilded Age?
Providing proof of family already living in the U.S.
Proving that you had never been convicted of a felony
Absence of infectious diseases
Proof of at least $25
- 6. Multiple Choice
The transition of the American population from rural areas to cities during the Gilded Age is referred to as
suburban expansion
urbanization
nativism
gilding
- 7. Multiple Choice
Rundown, low rent apartment buildings occupied by Gilded Age immigrants in densely populated urban areas were known as
tenements
ghettos
suburbs
highrises
- 8. Multiple Choice
The majority of Gilded Age immigrants settled in
grain farms in the midwest
cattle ranches in the southwest
ethnic enclaves in eastern cities
mining towns on the west coast
- 9. Multiple Choice
Gilded Age immigrant laborers worked as many as
8 hours a day
10 hours a day
5 hours a day
16 hours a day
- 10. Multiple Choice
The average Gilded Age industrial worker earned __________ an hour
$5
$15
50 cents
10 cents
- 11. Multiple Choice
Because of their small size, child laborers were highly sought after for
skyscraper construction
coal mining
paper deliveries
sharecropping
- 12. Multiple Choice
The primary fear of nativists was
immigrants taking jobs from native born Americans
immigrants assassinating the President
immigrants serving as spies for foreign nations
immigrants spreading COVID-19 in the U.S.
- 13. Multiple Choice
Nativists urged the government to pass ____________ to stem the flow of new immigrants into the U.S.
tariffs
quotas
amendments
literacy tests
- 14. Multiple Choice
Congress halted immigration from __________ by passing an exclusion act in 1882.
Russia
Mexico
China
Germany
- 15. Multiple Choice
During the prosperous Gilded Age, the United States began to develop a small ___________, that had the time and money to enjoy new leisure activities such as bicycling, amusement parks, and sporting events.
immigrant population
noble class
middle class
teenage culture
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