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USA Issue One: Reasons for Changing Attitudes to Immigration

Total questions: 43

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The USA is perceived as having an (a)   approach to immigration

Choose from the below words
Open Window
Open Air
Open Top
Open Door
2.

However, in the ... immigration became much harder.

a)

1910's

b)

1920's

c)

1930's

d)

1950's

3.

Which one of these factors did NOT influence changing attitudes to immigration in the 1920's?

a)

Isolationism

b)

Trumpism

c)

Prejudice and Racism

d)

Fears of revolution

e)

Economic and Social Fears

4.

Which factor is likely the most influential in causing this change in attitude?

a)

Fear of Revolution

b)

Economic Change

c)

Social Change

d)

Isolationism

e)

Prejudice and Racism

5.

When did the US enter WW1?

a)

1916

b)

1914

c)

1915

d)

1917

6.

How many German immigrants were living in the US at the time of entering the war?

a)

1 million

b)

5 million

c)

8 million

d)

10 million

7.

After 1917, it soon emerged that sympathies in the US were ...

a)

pro-Britain

b)

anti-Kaiser

c)

mixed

8.

Anti-German propaganda during WW1 in the US caused tensions to ...

a)

disappear

b)

level out

c)

increase

9.

How many US soldiers died in WW1?

a)

120,000

b)

150,000

c)

170,000

d)

180,000

10.

The deaths and numbers of wounded led to an increase in support for ...

a)

Hitler

b)

The Kaiser

c)

Isolationism

d)

The KKK

11.

Evidence for the change in attitudes after WW1 is the fact that the US did not join the ...

a)

United Nations

b)

World Cup

c)

Eurovision

d)

League of Nations

12.

Prejudiced views existed long before WW1, however. Evidence for this is the Chinese Exclusion Act of ...

a)

1999

b)

1882

c)

1802

d)

1832

13.

The 'Old Immigrants' were also called ...

a)

BEES

b)

BATS

c)

WASPS

d)

HORNETS

14.

WASPS made up the bulk of settlers in the USA and many of them were ...

a)

skilled

b)

drunks

c)

illegals

d)

Catholics

15.

From which year did the make-up of European immigrants to the US start to change dramatically?

a)

1850

b)

1880

c)

1890

d)

1900

16.

Many of the new Immigrants were from ... (choose TWO)

a)

Western Europe

b)

Northern Europe

c)

Eastern Europe

d)

Southern Europe

17.

What year did the Dillingham Commission begin its work?

a)

1904

b)

1906

c)

1907

d)

1908

18.

The Dillingham Commission showed that the 'new immigrants' were ... the WASPS.

a)

similar to

b)

loved by

c)

admired by

d)

very different from

19.

Following the Commission, two acts (in 1921 and 1924) set a quota on the number of immigrants allowed into the US at ...

a)

5%

b)

10%

c)

2%

d)

3%

20.

Who was favoured by these two quota-setting acts?

a)

Irish

b)

WASPS

c)

Russians

d)

Germans

21.

True or False: Prejudice and racism directly resulted in laws being passed that severely cut immigration based on the applicant's birthplace.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

What happened in Russia in 1917?

a)

President Putin was elected

b)

The Romanov's were executed

c)

The Communist Revolution

d)

Stalin's first purge

23.

As a capitalist country, many in the US ... communism.

a)

loved

b)

prefered

c)

wanted

d)

feared

24.

Approximately how many anarchists were in the US at this time?

a)

150,000

b)

200,000

c)

250,000

d)

300,000

25.

One commentator referred to the threat of anarchists as as dangerous as 'a flea on a/an ...'

a)

dog

b)

tiger

c)

man

d)

elephant

26.

What year was there a wave of strikes across the US?

a)

1917

b)

1918

c)

1919

d)

1914

27.

Workers went on strike all over the US, including steel workers and ...

a)

teachers

b)

doctors

c)

nurses

d)

police

28.

Approximately ... workers went on strike in the US in 1917.

a)

2 million

b)

4 million

c)

6 million

d)

8 million

29.

Many workers were labelled as ... for striking

a)

Reds

b)

Deads

c)

Feds

30.

True or False: All of the workers who went on strike were revolutionaries.

a)

True

b)

False

31.

New Immigrants became ... the disruptions of 1919.

a)

scapegoats for

b)

guilty of

c)

happy with

d)

upset by

32.

What huge economic problem was there after WW1?

a)

mass unemployment

b)

high incomes

c)

a change in currency

d)

trade deficit

33.

What was the rate of unemployment in 1921 in the US?

a)

5%

b)

11%

c)

18%

d)

20%

34.

Many WASPS were angry as they ... (choose TWO)

a)

had no homes

b)

were deprived of work

c)

forced to accept lower wages

d)

were lonely after WW1

35.

Also, immigrants tend to crowd together in ... areas within cities.

a)

rich

b)

hilly

c)

flat

d)

poor

36.

What is this area called?

a)

Little Italy

b)

Little Britain

c)

Chinatown

d)

Spanish Harlem

37.

What is this area called?

a)

Little Italy

b)

Little Britain

c)

Chinatown

d)

Spanish Harlem

38.

Many WASPS blamed immigrants for diseases and ...

a)

high crime rates

b)

bad weather

c)

high cost of water

39.

WASPS also resented New Immigrants for being ... in the factories.

a)

managers

b)

strike-breakers

c)

lazy workers

d)

productive workers

40.

True or False: No 'New Immigrants' managed to integrate normally into US society.

a)

True

b)

False

41.

Some historians argue that there was more tension between ... that New and Old Immigrants in US cities at this time.

a)

Chinese and Japanese

b)

Blacks and Whites

c)

Men and Women

d)

Old and Young

42.

Who was this notorious gangster?

a)

Al Capone

b)

Frank Sinatra

c)

Dean Martin

d)

Robert Di Nero

43.

Which trial caused tensions between Old and New Immigrants to increase?

a)

Sacco and Vanzetti

b)

Dolce and Gabbana

c)

Ben and Jerry

d)

Mario Brothers

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