USH Gilded Age (Westward Expansion)

Growing anti-Catholic sentiment in the United States during the first half of the twentieth century was related to –

• Increasing immigration from southern and eastern Europe

• Interference by the Catholic Church in U.S. foreign policy

• The reduction in the number of Catholic social programs

• The church’s refusal to ordain women into the priesthood

Which statement best describes the U.S. government’s usual reaction to large waves of immigrants?

• Laws that restrict immigrants from certain jobs

• Laws that make it easier for immigrants to enter the country

• Laws that make it easier for immigrants to earn decent wages

• Laws that restrict the number of immigrants from certain

  countries

Which factor contributed most to the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882?

• Lack of mining jobs

• Economic war in Asia

• Rise of nativism

• Overcrowded neighborhoods

Why were immigrants more likely to settle in urban, industrial centers rather than rural, agricultural regions?

• Housing was plentiful

• Factories provided much-needed jobs

• Immigrants could receive citizenship quicker

• Immigrants knew nothing of farming techniques

Why did immigrants support political machines?

• To gain employment

• To reform city governments

• To get better public housing

• To have more educational opportunities

How did the invention shown in this patent illustration

affect industry?

• Businesses needed to hire skilled workers

• Machines needed to be repaired less frequently

• Factories could extend working hours

• Products could be manufactured on an assembly line

Which statement best describes opinions about immigration during the early 20th century?

• The flood of immigrants to the U.S. supported a push

  for acceptance

• Immigrants to the U.S. should adopt American

  traditions (assimilate)

• The flood of immigrants from Europe & Asia would

  strengthen America

• New immigrants came to the U.S. seeking a better life

In which area did the geographic features listed above

affect settlement patterns?

• Increased settlement in the Klondike after gold was

  discovered

• Settlement of the U.S. controlled Panama Canal Zone

• Resettlement of the Midwest region after the Dust

  Bowl

• Growth of settlement on the Great Plains and the

  western United States