Urbanization and Immigration Review

Settlement houses were established to

• help immigrants achieve social mobility

• help immigrants get government grants and financial aid

• help immigrants open schools and churches in their ethnic enclaves

• help maintain the immigrant culture

Why was the Chinese Exclusion Act passed? Select all that apply

• The Chinese were taking farming jobs on the Great Plains

• The Chinese were attacking the Native Americans on their reservations

• The Chinese were employed for the building of the Transcontinental Railroad more than the white Americans

• The Chinese created ethnic enclaves

• The Chinese were considered social deviants threatening American culture

Which factors led to the Industrial Economy in the US? Select all that apply

• explosion of inventions

• abundance of natural resources

• intellectually superior businessmen

• the high literacy rate in the US

• Growing urban population

All of the following were social changes during the Industrial Revolution EXCEPT

• Emergence of a new working class

• Population decrease

• Poor living and working conditions

• Urbanization

The idea that government should stay out of businesses without any regulation or interference is known as

• Utilitarianism

• Socialism

• Laissez faire

• The Malthusian Dilemma

Belief that natural selection could be used to explain social nature and the disparity in wealth

• robber baron

• laissez faire

• socialism

• social darwinism

belief that the minority group will give up their culture and become part of the majority

• assimilation

• multiculturalism

• immigration

• deportation

The Dawes Act most directly reflects which of the following reoccurring themes in American History?

• debates about expansion of voting rights

• debates about the role of assimilation in national identity

• debates about the growth of executive power

• debates about economic globalization

Why was the Pendleton Civil Service Act passed?

• to force money to be backed by silver instead of gold

• to regulate unfair railroad practices

• to end the spoils system

• to eliminate European and Asian immigration

Which group of immigrants experienced the quickest processing and were most likely to be accepted into the country?

• Europeans at Angel Island

• Asians at Ellis Island

• Asians at Angel Island

• Europeans at Ellis Island