Immigration

What is a main reason immigrants came to the US in the late 1800s and early 1900s?

• Did NOT want religious freedom
• Hoped for economic opportunity (to make money)
• Wanted LESS diversity
• Wanted to live more simply

During the period from 1880 to 1910, why did the majority of immigrants to the United States settle in urban areas in the North?

• The Populists were successful in preventing immigrants from buying farmland.

• Rapid industrialization had created many job opportunities.

• Labor unions gave financial help to immigrants willing to work in the factories.

• Most immigrants had lived in cities in their native countries.

Which of the following is a true comparison between Asian and European immigrants of the industrial era?

• Both grounds settled largely in the Midwest.

• Both groups were barred from immigrating by a law passed in 1882.

• Both groups were discriminated against for having different languages and customs.

• Both groups were quickly accepted and assimilated into mainstream American culture.

What did Nativists believe?

• Immigrants threatened the American way of Life and Democracy.

• White Protestants were superior to other immigrant groups.

• Immigrants stole jobs from native born Americans.

• All of the above.

What was the Chinese Exclusion Act?

• Letting Chinese in America with open arms
• Banning Chinese people from immigrating to the United States for 10 years
• The Europeans taking over China
• Italians Immigrating to China

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