02 - Immigration - 04

Native born workers feared that jobs would go to Chinese immigrants , who would... 

• work less hours.
• work for free.
• accept higher wages.
• accept low wages.

When Japan raised an angry protest at the segregation in schools of its emigrants, President Theodore Roosevelt worked out a deal called...

• National Agreement Act
• Japanese Agreement act
• Gentleman's Agreement 
• Civil Rights Act

Nativists believed ..

• Immigrants threatened the American way of Life and Democracy.

• White Protestants were superior to other immigrant groups.

• Immigrants stole jobs from natives.

• All of the above.

What was life like for Mexicans in the 1920s in America?

• They found many high paying jobs throughout the country

• They were lynched

• They migrated throughout the US in search of low paying jobs

• Both B and C

Why did President Roosevelt intervene in the school segregation crisis in San Francisco?

• He wanted to help the African Americans

• He cared deeply about the civil rights of Japanese children

• He wanted to avoid going to war with Japan

• He wanted to end segregation in all schools all throughout the country

Immigrants came to America to escape

• religious persecution
• famine
• poor economies
• all of the above

Chinese immigrants were mainly employed by companies in which industry?

• auto building
• skyscraper building
• postage delivery
• railroad building

Why were so few Chinese immigrants allowed to come to the United States?

• Very few tried to come
• The voyage was too far and expensive
• There were no jobs available
• The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

This group of immigrants faced discrimination due to stereotypes such as "hot-tempered", "loud", "violent", "drunkards".

• Italians
• Chinese
• Germans
• Irish

Immigration pull factors are…

• reasons people come to a new place

• reasons people leave their homelands

• reasons people begin working

• reasons people stop working