ND Studies: Laws of Immigration

By _ the United States government had taken control of all immigration regulations.

(a)  

Some _ had already come to California where they worked in gold mines and on the railroad.

• French Canadians

• Germans

• Italians

• Chinese

New immigration laws allowed the nation to expel immigrants who broke the law. What does "expel" mean?

• deport

• deploy

• defend

By _, nearly15% of the population was foreign-born.

• 1850

• 1853

• 1880

• 1890

In _, the Bureau of Immigration required that immigrants have money of their own to pay for their journey to the U.S.

• 1890

• 1891

• 1892

Women had to be accompanied by a man because the law assumed that _ didn't travel alone.

• decent men

• decent women

The _ also excluded people with communicable diseases.

• Federal Bureau of Investigation

• Central Intelligence Agency

• Bureau of Investigations

• Bureau of Immigration

By _, immigrants had to prove that they were not beggars by demonstrating that they had enough money to take care of themselves.

• 1904

• 1903

• 1902

• 1901

In _, the immigration law required that immigrant adults have some knowledge of English.

• 1903

• 1921

• 1891

• 1906

In 1910, literacy in some language was added to the requirements for admission. What is "literacy"?

• ability to read English

• ability to read a little

• the ability to read and write