Chapter 7: Immigrants and Urbanization

Which of the following is true of the Chinese Exclusion Act?

• It decreased Chinese immigration

• It resulted in segregated classrooms

• It was agreed to by China and the United States.

• It prevented Chinese Americans from working industrial jobs.

Settlement houses were founded in the late 1800's by

• social reformers.

• new immigrants.

• political machines.

• industrial workers.

Tammany Hall was the name of

• a famous settlement house.

• the New York Custom House.

• the New York Orchestra.

• the federal courthouse in New York City.

Which of the following is true of the Gentlemen's Agreement?

• It decreased Japanese immigration.

• It resulted in segregated classrooms.

• It decreased Chinese immigration.

• It prohibited aliens from working industrial jobs.

The term Gilded Age is used to refer to the late 1800's because it was a period in which

• luxury was frowned upon and hard work was encouraged.

• glamour hid corruption.

• the future seemed bright.

• the gold standard was adopted.

An immigrant who went through Ellis Island was least likely to have come from

• Asia.

• Northern Europe

• western Europe.

• Eastern Europe

Who was Thomas Nast?

• The assassin of President Garfield.

• The boss of a political machine.

• The founder of a settlement house.

• A political cartoonist.

In the late 1800's, Nativism was most popular among

• Jews.

• Catholics.

• Native born Americans

• Naturalized citizens.

The typical supporter of a political machine was all of the following except

• poor

• urban

• a factory worker.

• opposed to immigration.

What do Jane Addams, Rutherford Hayes, and Chester Arthur have in common?

• They ran for President.

• They worked for reform.

• They were first generation immigrants.

• They worked for women's rights.