Unit 6: Quiz 15--The Immigrant Experience

The shared beliefs, values, and ways of life of a group, is known as...?

• Ethnicity

• Culture

• Race

• Ideology

A distinct group that lives or works together within a larger community, is called a ...?

• Cult

• Neighborhood

• Enclave

• District

Where did immigrants feel at home and supported, and could keep their cultural ties and traditions?

• Enclave neighborhoods

• In urban areas

• In rural areas

• On designated reservations

The crowded apartments in New York City that provided poor ventilation and no indoor plumbing, were called...?

• Section Eight

• Tenements

• Condominiums

• Ghettos

Which of these statements best describes the way new immigrants lived in cities?

• They usually lived in culturally diverse neighborhoods

• They usually lived in large comfortable apartments

• They generally lived among others who share their culture

• They lived in safe, well-cared-for buildings

The belief that immigrants are inferior to “established” Americans, was called?

• Nativism

• Racism

• Elitism

• Genocide

Which of the following was a fear about immigrants expressed by Nativists?

• They would destroy American culture

• They would refuse to take jobs

• They would marry white women

• They would take college scholarships from American children

Which of the following is an example of successful Nativist efforts to pressure politicians to limit immigration?

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• The Homestead Act

• The Emergency Quota Act

• The Indian Removal Act

Many white workers resented Chinese laborers?

• They worked harder than whites

• Thought they would accept lower pay

• Because they could not speak English

Chinese immigration to America skyrocketed in the 1850s for all of the following reasons; EXCEPT?

• Free land in the cities

• The California Golds Rush

• Railroad Construction jobs

• Opportunities to send money home to families in China