USVA: Unit 5 (more questions)

All of the following were main reasons people went west EXCEPT...

• Religious freedom

• New opportunities

• Homestead Act of 1862

• Escape discrimination and Jim Crow

What technology enabled settlers to move to the west quickly and cheaply at this time?

• Airplanes

• Trains

• Cars

• Stagecoach

Where are the "Old Immigrants" from?

• Eastern and Southern Europe

• Asia

• Africa

• Northern and Western Europe

Where are the "New Immigrants" from?

• Asia, Eastern Europe, and Southern Europe

• South America

• Northern and Western Europe

• Africa

Where did most immigrants pass through for processing when entering New York?

• Staten Island

• Manhattan Island

• Brooklyn

• Ellis Island

What service played an important role in the assimilation of immigrants to American Society?

• Factory life

• Tenement buildings

• Public schools

• Labor unions

All of the following exemplify Americans' dislike of immigrants EXCEPT...

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Chinese Exclusion Act

• Immigration Restriction Act

• Resentment and prejudice

During the mid-1800s, what was one reason some citizens of the US were against immigration?

• Immigrants had more money than American citizens

• Immigrants did not practice Catholicism

• Immigrants accepted jobs for lower pay

• Immigrants refused to become US citizens

After the Civil War, which group of individuals chose to move west for new opportunities?

• Women

• African-Americans

• Northern Industrialists

• American Indians

What were the goals of the Progressive Era?

• People should have more say in government

• Government should regulate businesses

• Eliminate social injustices

• Government should not help the people