Immigration and Urbanization Quiz

The main immigration processing station in San Francisco was called

• Ellis Island

• Angel Island

• Tammany Hall

• Hull House

The main goal of the Chinese Exclusion Act was to

• decrease Chinese immigration

• create segregated classrooms

• settle a disagreement between China and the United States

• stop Chinese Americans from attending school in the United States

The main goal of the Americanization movement was

• limit the number of immigrants entering the country

• assimilate people of various cultures into the dominant culture

• improve the living conditions in America’s largest cities

• encourage people to move from the country to the city

Which statement best reflects the picture below?

• The Chinese had harsh questioning and detained for long periods of time

• Nativist wanted to restrict immigration

• Angel Island and Ellis Island were immigration stations

• Located in New York City European immigrants passed through relatively easy

The row house was a new type of housing that conserved space by

• rising ten or more stories high

• combining air vents with trash disposal areas

• sharing sidewalls with other buildings

• enclosing a park shared by several buildings

Settlement houses were founded in the late 1800s by

• new immigrants

• social reformers

• political machines

• industrial workers

The illegal use of political influence for personal gain is called

• nativism

• civil service

• gentlemen’s agreement

• graft

Tammany Hall was the name of

• a famous settlement houses.

• a New York Customs House

• a New York City political machine

• the federal courthouse in New York City

Which vocabulary word best reflects the cartoon below

• Gentlemen’s Agreement

• Chinese Exclusion Act

• Social Darwinism

• Nativist

An example of patronage would be

• bribing a government official

• assassinating a public official

• saying one thing and doing another

• appointing a friend to a political position