Westward Expansion & Immigration

One purpose of the Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)

was to

• speed construction of the western railroads

• encourage settlement of the Pacific Coast

• expand the civil rights of immigrants

• protect the jobs of American workers

Passage of the Homestead Act in 1862 encouraged settlement of the Great Plains by

• providing free land to farmers

• removing barriers to Asian immigration

• supplying land to build transcontinental railroads

• placing Native American Indians on reservations

The Granger movement and the formation of the Populist Party were similar in that each was an effort to

• end the practice of sharecropping

• improve conditions for farmers

• provide housing for urban dwellers

• increase profits for railroad companies

In the 1890s, calls for limiting immigration were largely the result of

• nativist reactions toward southern and eastern Europeans

• a desire to achieve cultural pluralism

• the influence of industrialists

• the adoption of a constitutional amendment

During the 1890s, many American farmers tried to resolve their economic problems by

• joining the Populist Party

• staging violent protests against the government

• supporting government aid to railroads

• asking Congress to end agricultural subsidies

Most nativists of the late 1800s would most likely have supported the

• creation of settlement houses to aid new immigrants

• passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act

• continuation of the contract labor system

• assimilation of Native American Indians into mainstream culture

That the master of any vessel who shall knowingly bring within the United States on such vessel, and land or permit to be landed, any Chinese laborer, from any foreign port or place, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars for each and every such Chinese laborer so brought, and may be also imprisoned for a term not exceeding one year.

— Section 2, Chinese Exclusion Act, 1882

Passage of this legislation was mainly a response to

• economic and race-based opposition to immigrants in the western United States

• demands by businesses for additional workers

• efforts of the American Federation of Labor to recruit skilled workers

• pressure from railroads to limit competition in shipping

Which action is most closely associated with the term Manifest Destiny?

• declaring independence from Great Britain

• deciding to end the War of 1812

• acquiring territory from Mexico in 1848

• annexing Hawaii and the Philippines

This pair of photographs suggests that the major purpose of the Carlisle Indian School was to

• train future leaders in tribal traditions

• prepare children for life on the reservation

• teach skills needed for working in factories

• promote cultural assimilation

"New Immigrants" came from

• northern and western Europe

• southern and eastern Europe

• China

• the Middle East and Northern Africa