Immigration Quiz #1

After 1880, a major new source of labor for American factories was

• western farmers who moved back to eastern cities

• young women who worked until they married

• formerly enslaved persons fleeing from the South

• immigrants from southern and eastern Europe

In his book How the Other Half Lives, Jacob Riis focused attention on the living conditions of

• residents of urban slums

• sharecroppers in the South

• Native American Indians on Reservations

• small farmers on the Great Plains

The "new immigrants" to the United States between 1890 and 1915 came primarily from

• southern and eastern Europe

• northern and western Europe

• East Asia

• Latin American

Between 1890 and 1915, the majority of immigrants to the United States were labeled "new immigrants" because they

• considered physically and mentally superior to earlier immigrants

• forced to settle in the cities of the Midwest

• from China, Japan, and other Asian countries

• culturally different from most earlier immigrants

What was the experience of the most of the "new immigrants" who arrived in the United States from southern and eastern Europe in the late 1800s and early 1900s

• They lived in urban areas and most held low-paying jobs.

• They obtained free land in the West and became farmers.

• They became discouraged with America and returned to their homelands.

• They were easily assimilated into mainstream American culture.

"Once I thought to write a history of the immigrants in America. Then I discovered that the immigrants were American history." -Oscar Handlin, The Uprooted

Which aspect of American society is referred to by this statement?

• nationalism

• assimilation

• ethnocentrism

• racism

In United States history, a similarity between the "old" and "new" immigrant groups was that both were

• financially helped by state and Federal Government programs

• readily assimilated into American society

• primarily drawn to the United States by economic motives

• mainly attracted to the Middle West

Immigrants to the United States between 1890 and 1930 most frequently experienced discrimination because they

• spoke different languages and had different customs

• entered the competition for scare farmland

• were better educated than earlier immigrants

• remained more loyal to their homelands than to the United States

In the United States during the late 19th century, much of the prejudice expressed toward immigrants was based on the belief that they would

• cause overcrowding in farm areas

• refuse to become citizens

• support the enemies of the United States in wartime

• fail to assimilate into American society

Which statement best expresses the main idea of the melting pot theory of Americanization?

• Each immigrant group would continue to maintain its own separate group identity.

• All immigrant groups would conform to the English cultural model

• A new and different society would emerge from the blending of cultures.

• Some, but not all, immigrant groups would be allowed to maintain their separate cultures.