CH 15 Test Review part 2

Which of the following quotes expresses the attitude of nativism?

• “Immigrants are taking jobs away from Americans and should be sent home.”
• “Every immigrant will find a helping hand in America.”
• “I love my adopted country, America, as much as the country I left behind.”
• “It is an expression of religious faith to help those less fortunate than ourselves.”

Immigrants from this country declined sharply after acts of Congress banned them in 1882 and 1902.

• China
• South Africa
• Russia
• France

Besides African Americans, which other minority groups experienced discrimination at the turn of the 20th Century?

• Mexican Americans-
• Native Americans-
• Asian Americans-
• Appalachian Whites
• Plantation owners of the Antebellum South

Jim Crow laws, which were passed in Southern states following Reconstruction, were intended to

• provide basic education to former slaves.
• encourage African-Americans to buy their own farms.
• support the goals of the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments
• institute racial segregation.

In the South, grandfather clauses

• stated the "separate but equal" facilities did not violate the 14th Amendment.
• allowed a white man to vote only if he, his father, or his grandfather had been able to vote before 1867.
• were ruled constitutional by the Supreme Court.
• required a payment before a person could vote.

What impact did Jim Crow laws have on African Americans living in the South?

• The laws made it illegal for African Americans to own land.
• The laws made it legal to discriminate against African Americans.
• The laws prohibited the limitations of voting rights for African Americans.
• The laws help ensure full participation of African Americans in Southern society.

Which of the following quotes expresses the attitude of nativism?

• “Immigrants are taking jobs away from Americans and should be sent home.”
• “Every immigrant will find a helping hand in America.”
• “I love my adopted country, America, as much as the country I left behind.”
• “It is an expression of religious faith to help those less fortunate than ourselves.”

The poll tax, the literacy test, and the actions of the Ku Klux Klan were all attempts to limit the effectiveness of:

• immigration laws such as the Gentleman’s Agreement and the Chinese Exclusion Act
• Jim Crow laws
• the Supreme Court’s decision in Plessy v Ferguson
• the 14th and 15th amendments

In the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court

• ordered universities to enroll more women and African Americans.
• established the “separate but equal” doctrine, upholding segregation
• ordered that public schools should upgrade schools for African Americans.
• declared segregation unconstitutional.

"[The registrar] brought a big old book out there, and he gave me the sixteenth section of the constitution of Mississippi, . . . I could copy it like it was in the book, but after I got through copying it, he told me to give a reasonable interpretation and tell the meaning of the section I had copied. Well, I flunked out." Source: A History of the United States since 1861 The main intent of the literacy test described in the passage above was to

• encourage reform of the political system.
• encourage Mississippi residents to learn about their state’s legal system.
• prevent African Americans from exercising a basic right.
• enforce the provisions of the United States Constitution.