1. Which statement about immigration to the United States during the 19th century is most valid?
  2. Organized labor supported unlimited immigration.
  3. Most immigrants to the United States were illegal aliens.
  4. Industrial growth led to a demand for cheap immigrant labor.
  5. Few immigrants came from western Europe.
  1. What was the experience of most of the “new immigrants” who arrived in the United States from southern and eastern Europe in the late 1800s and early 1900s?
  2. They lived in urban areas and most held lowpaying jobs.
  3. They obtained free land in the West and became farmers.
  4. They became discouraged with America and returned to their homelands.
  5. They were easily assimilated into mainstream American culture.
  1. The intent of the United States immigration laws of the 1920s was to
  2. increase economic opportunities for recent immigrants
  3. encourage cultural diversity
  4. restore an open-door policy toward immigration
  5. restrict immigration through the use of quotas
  1. Which expression most accurately illustrates the concept of nativism?
  2. “Help Wanted — Irish Need Not Apply”
  3. “Go West, young man.”
  4. “America — first in war and peace”
  5. “The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself.”
  1. In the late 19th century, the major argument used by labor union leaders against immigrants was that immigrants
  2. contributed little to enrich American life
  3. refused to assimilate into American culture
  4. took jobs from United States citizens
  5. placed financial drains on social services
  1. During the late 1800s and early 1900s, where did most of the immigrants to the United States settle?
  2. urban centers of the Northeast
  3. plantations of the New South
  4. mining areas of the Far West
  5. farming regions of the Great Plains
  1. The United States adopted the immigration policies shown in the chart mainly because of

  1. pressures from nativists and labor unions
  2. hardships caused by the Great Depression
  3. prejudices generated during World War II
  4. threats from other nations to stop migration to the United States
  1. Between 1880 and 1920, the majority of the “new” immigrants to the United States came from

a.northern and western Europe

b.southern and eastern Europe

c.Canada and Latin America

d.China and Southeast Asia

  1. Nativism in the late 19th century was motivated primarily by

a.hostility toward immigrant workers

b.the need to reduce overcrowding in western states

c.cultural conflicts with Native American Indians

d.the migration of African Americans to northern cities

  1. Which of the following people is most associated with settlement houses?
  2. Jacob Riis
  3. Scott Joplin
  4. Jane Addams
  5. Horatio Alger
  1. Which of the following people is most associated with ragtime music?
  2. Jacob Riis
  3. Scott Joplin
  4. Jane Addams
  5. Horatio Alger
  1. Architect ______was the leader of those in his profession who insisted that the design of urban skyscrapers must be beautiful, but must also reflect their function.
  1. Supporters of the ______movement believed that churches should tend to improving the lives of the poor, rather than individual salvation.
  1. Community centers called ______were established in immigrant neighborhoods by idealistic, young, college-educated women to guide and assist the urban poor.

Document 1

15. State twoconditions that Jacob Riis' photograph shows about life in cities in the late 1800s.

______

______

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16. Which was not a reason that native-born Americans discriminated against new immigrants?

  1. Many new immigrants depended on settlement houses for social services.
  2. Many worked for lower wages than other Americans.
  3. Many immigrants were controlled by political machines.
  4. Many new immigrants were Jews and Catholics.

17. Which of these groups experienced the least discrimination outside the South in the late 1800s and early 1900s?

  1. African Americans
  2. Irish Americans
  3. Chinese Americans
  4. Mexican Americans

18. Which urban innovation was most closely linked to the growth of suburbs?

a. apartment buildings

b. streetcars

c. skyscrapers

d. department stores