Chapter 23

The Immigration Act of 1924 most directly reflected

• cultural tensions between scientific modernism and religious fundamentalism in the 1920s

• social tensions emerging from the First World War

• conflicts arising from the migration of African Americans to urban centers in the North

• the emergence of an increasingly national culture in the 1920s shaped by art, cinema, and mass media

The National Origins Act of 1924 was most directly a response to

• demands that the government play a smaller role in regulating immigration

• concerns that immigrants would draw on social welfare resources

• beliefs that immigrants would help establish a more multicultural and diverse United States

• fears that immigrants were dangerous radicals or would increase competition for jobs

Which of the following groups would have been most likely to oppose the National Origins Act of 1924?

• Leaders of organized labor unions

• African American migrants to northern cities

• Social Darwinists and nativists

• Business executives and industrialists

In the period from 1900 to 1921, which of the following groups made up the largest share of immigration to the United States?

• Italians and Poles

• English and Irish

• French and Germans

• Mexicans and Cubans

Which of the following best characterizes the National Origins Act of 1924?

• It established procedures for the immigration of alien spouses of U.S. citizens after 1935

• It set restrictions on the importation of certain goods.

• It established immigration quotas based on a percentage of each nationality residing in the U.S. in 1890

• It allowed increased levels of immigration from southern and eastern Europe

• It allowed Chinese immigrants entry into the United States after 1930

The Immigration Act of 1924 discriminated directly against

• Jews and Muslims.

• Latin Americans.

• northern and western Europeans.

• Canadians and West Indians.

• southern and eastern Europeans and Japanese.

The Immigration Act of 1924 produced highly discriminatory results because it

• created a guest worker program that encouraged temporary immigration but denied citizenship

• encouraged immigration of people with highly sought after skills or family in the United States

• placed restrictions on immigration by national origin, ethnicity, and race

• relied on a series of literacy tests and physical examinations to manage immigration

Henry Ford's most distinctive contribution to the automobile industry was

• introducing a variety of automobile models with varied colors and styles.

• production of a standardized, relatively inexpensive automobile.

• design changes that improved speed.

• vertical integration.

• the internal combustion engine.

All of the following industries experienced tremendous growth during the 1920s EXCEPT

• radio

• motion pictures

• petroleum

• railroads

• automobiles

All of the following helped to make the prosperity of the 1920s possible EXCEPT

• easy availability of oil for fuel and innovations for its use

• extensive government regulation of trusts.

• increased productivity of workers.

• advertising and installment-plan credit buying.

• perfection of assembly-line production.