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During the late 1800s, the port of entry for the majority of immigrants was

• Boston

• San Francisco.

• Philadelphia.

• New York City.

What attracted many Asians to the United States in the late 1800s?

• repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Act

• the desire for free land

• jobs with American railroad companies

• the Gentlemen’s Agreement

Prohibitionists had the goal of

• making charity “scientific.”

• redistributing the nation’s wealth.

• ending immigration from Asia.

• banning alcohol

During the late 1800s and early 1900s, immigration laws discriminated most against

• Asians.

• Europeans.

• agricultural workers.

• Mexicans.

The main objective of the nativists was to

• feed poor immigrants.

• help immigrants adjust to American culture.

• build tenement apartments for immigrants.

• restrict immigration.

The act of lynching might best be described as

• seizure and execution of a person by a mob with no due process.

• imprisonment of a suspect without bail.

• illegal search of a home or business.

• illegal seizure of property.

As women began to make their way into professional jobs, they worked mainly in

• law, engineering, and the ministry.

• education, healthcare, and social work.

• science, music, and manufacturing.

• architecture, textiles, and the law.

One effect of the public school system was that it

• created divisions among immigrant children from differing cultures.

• helped immigrant children become Americanized.

• denied immigrant children anything more than four years of education.

• taught immigrant children to retain their native cultures.

During the early 1900s, most African Americans who went to college attended

• fully integrated universities

• African American colleges

• religious-based schools

• separate branches of white colleges.

To support their view, anti-imperialists argued that

• imperialism would reduce U.S. military forces.

• the United States should get more involved in foreign affairs.

• imperialism rejected the American ideal of “liberty for all.”

• imperialism would make the United States more admired in the world.