US History Semester 1 Review

Why did unregulated immigration end in the 1920s?

• The US passed a law limiting immigration

• People didn't want to come to the US anymore

• There was a war in the US

• Countries wouldn't allow citizens to leave for the US

Where were most immigrants from in the 19th Century (1800s)?

• Australia

• Middle East

• Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico

• Europe

The first stop for immigrants from China.

• Ellis Island
• Angel Island

Immigrants from Europe came here first.  They were taken by ferry boat here.

• Angel Island
• Ellis Island

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President Franklin Roosevelt won the election of 1932. The country was in the Great Depression, and Roosevelt introduced the New Deal. Which was the MOST important goal of President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal programs?

• to strengthen the economy

• to avoid going to war

• to improve public education

• to end racial discrimination

What was the "New Deal" of the 1930s?

• a government program that gave free land to Canadian Immigrants

• a government program that helped women get the vote

• a government program that spread civil rights throughout the country

• a government program designed to help people during the depression

President Franklin Roosevelt asked Congress to pass a series of acts called the New Deal. Which is one way the New Deal helped people during the Great Depression?

• It gave all people the right to vote. 
• It created programs to put people back to work.    
• It let all new immigrants become American citizens. 
• It let people travel around the country freely. 

The Great Depression was an economic slowdown in the 1920s and 1930s. Which of the following was one cause of the Great Depression in the United States?

• the end of the gold rush 
• the crash of the stock exchange 
• the ending of World War II 
• the high price of oil 

The Great Depression that began in 1929 hit farmers especially hard. Farmers had not been doing well in the 1920s and several years of severe drought turned the land into a "dust bowl." What was an immediate result of this?

• Many farmers decided to grow crops that did not use as much water.

• The government built large dams in the West for irrigation.

• Many farmers and their families lost their farms and moved west.

When the stock market crashed in 1929, Herbert Hoover was president of the United States. The president who followed President Hoover began the New Deal, a program to help people during the Great Depression. This president was

• Warren Harding
• Calvin Coolidge
• Franklin Roosevelt
• Herbert Hoover