Homework Check 4.1

Match the following

• nativism

• factor that caused an increase in Chinese immigration

• Angel Island

• ethnic neighborhood in New York City

• American Protective Association

• an anti-immigrant organization

• Little Italy

• an extreme dislike for foreigners by nativeborn people

• Tiaping Rebellion

• location of a barracks in California to accommodate immigrants from Asia

By the 1890s, more than half of all immigrants in the United States were

• European and Russian Jews.

• Chinese.

• Japanese.

• Eastern and Southern Europeans.

Many immigrants came to the United States in part to escape from poverty and

• urban political machines.

• the social ladder.

• Europe's class system.

• Europe's labor laws.

The vast majority of immigrants arriving on the East Coast passed through a processing center located where?

• Ellis Island

• Long Island

• Staten Island

• Angel Island

What law prevented Chinese immigrants already in the United States from becoming citizens?

• Taiping Act

• Workingmen's Act

• Chinese Exclusion Act

• Chinese Immigration Act

At the end of the ninetenth century, immigrants made up a significant percentage of some of the country's largest

• suburbs.

• cities.

• plantations.

• farms.