Immigration

During the late 19th century, many Irish immigrants were discriminated against for being

• opposed to machine politics

• Loyal to United Kingdom

• conscientious objectors

• Roman Catholics

The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was primarily a response to

• increased U.S. presence in China

• competition for jobs on the West Coast

• rapid population growth in th Northeast

• China's actions during the Boxer Rebellion

Which factor prompted the Americanization movement of the early twentieth century?

• The increasing numbers of immigrants from Eastern and Southern Europe

• The strengthening of Jim Crow laws in the southern U.S.

• The rising tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union

• The growing concern about environmental issues in the western U.S

In 1895 the Department of Street Cleaning in New York City created a permanent group of sanitiation workers known as the White Wings. Which issue contributed most to the need for this permanent sanitation group?

• Increased urban population

• the passage of labor laws

• decreased regulation of urban rail systems

• the establishment of immigration quotas

the first and only major federal legislation to explicitly suspend immigration for a specific nationality

• Ban on Irish

• Chinese Exclusion Act

• Italian segregation act

a policy of favoring native inhabitants as opposed to immigrants

• Immigrant

• migrant worker

• Nativist

• Capitalist

Denying citizenship to children born in the United States is a violation of which amendment?

• 13th

• 15th

• 14th

• 16th

Something that attracts people to a place or activity.

• push factor

• pull factor

Something that causes people to want to leave a place or situation

• push factor

• pull factor

Learning to dress speak and look like other Americans

• Americanization

• Nativist

• National identity

• Immigrant