Chinese and Native American Immigration

19th century Chinese immigrants are known for what?

• Work in building the Transcontinental Railroad
• Work in New York factories
• Contributions to the steel industry
• Contributions to John D. Rockefeller

War, poverty, and discrimination are all examples of.......

• Pull Factors
• Push Factors
• Jump Factors
• Falling Factors

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Economic opportunities, religious freedom, and political and social equality are all examples of...

• Push Factors
• Pull Factors
• Falling Factors
• Jump Factors

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Which idea led to a rise in anti-immigrant groups and a demand for immigration restrictions?

• Melting Pot
• Birds of Passage
• Nativism
• All of the above

What was the Chinese Exclusion Act?

• Letting Chinese in America with open arms
• Banning Chinese people from immigrating to the United States for 10 years
• The Europeans taking over China
• Italians Immigrating to China

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A major cause of antagonism toward the “new immigrants” who came to the United States after 1880 was the belief that they...

• were better educated than native-born Americans
• had a higher standard of living than most Americans
• adapted easily to American culture
• competed with Americans for jobs as unskilled laborers

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Passed in 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act did what?

• closed America to Chinese immigrants for the next ten years
• welcomed more Chinese immigrants to America to perform hard work
• allowed Chinese immigrants, but only under a very strict set of rules
• closed America to Chinese immigrants for three years then allowed a few at a time

This law specifically barred Chinese laborers from entering the US, and was in place for more than 60 years.

• The Chinese Exclusion Act
• The Ban on Foreign Labor Act
• The Asian Immigration Act
• The Chinese Labor Law

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Which of the following was a major problem immigrants experienced once arriving to the United States?

• Discrimination based on nationality
• Unsanitary and unsafe living conditions
• Political corruption from certain politicians
• All of the above

What group of immigrants were arriving in large numbers on the West Coast in the middle to late 1800's?

• Greek

• Chinese

• British

• French