Quizizz_Course D25

Immigrants sometimes encountered discrimination because some Americans believed…

• the country was losing its values and identity
• immigrants were taking their jobs
• the cities were already too crowded
• All of these

How did America limit the number of immigrants that could enter the country?

• Congress enacted laws
• Police blocked New York Harbor
• They made the tests more difficult
• Schools split up families

How did America limit the ability for Asian immigrants to own land and become citizens?

• Congress enacted laws
• Police blocked New York Harbor
• They made the tests more difficult
• Schools split up families

Which group of immigrants was excluded from high-paying jobs and memberships to prestigious athletic and social clubs?

• Irish
• Chinese
• Jews
• Germans

Ellis Island was sometimes called the…

• Horror Island
• Island of Tears
• Sugar Island
• Opportunity Island

Other countries viewed America as a land of…

• discrimination
• crime
• prosperity
• legislation

What does "quarantined" mean?

• to give a promotion
• to sentence to hard labor
• to give bad news
• to isolate a person

These buildings were drab, dark, and unventilated.

• tenement building
• condominiums
• townhouses
• ghettos