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Nativism

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A potato famine in the 1840s and job opportunity brought an influx of _________________ immigrants to the U.S

a)

Mexican

b)

Chinese

c)

Irish

d)

Jewish

2.

Job opportunities and political freedoms are all __________________________ for immigrating to the U.S.

a)

Political Boss

b)

Political Machines

c)

Pull Factors

d)

Push Factors

3.

A __________________________ would use his position in the city to collect bribes from companies doing business with the city.

a)

Political Boss

b)

Political Machines

4.

The ______________________________ gave jobs and other favors to the immigrants in exchange for votes. 

a)

Political Boss

b)

Political Machine

5.

The U.S. official motto __________________________ was adopted in the 1950s to distinguish themselves from the Soviet Union who discouraged the practice of religion.

a)

E Pluribus Unum

b)

And Justice for All

c)

Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

d)

In God We Trust

6.

The Gilded Age __________________________ were unsafe, long hours, low pay and lacked security.

a)

Bessemer Process

b)

Work conditions

c)

Light Bulb

d)

Railroad

7.

______________________________ was a wealthy entrepreneur who built a steel monopoly in the U.S.

a)

John D. Rockefeller

b)

Andrew Carnegie

c)

Samuel Gompers

d)

Theodore Roosevelt

8.

A significant technological innovation of the Gilded Age was the _________________________ because it led to the rapid growth of industrialization.

a)

Light Bulb

b)

Railroad

c)

Bessemer Process

d)

Automobile

9.

The stock market crash is to the Great Depression Era

    As monopolies and political corruption is to the ________

a)

Gilded Age

b)

90s & Today Era

c)

Cold War Era

d)

Progressive Era

10.

 The idea that immigration to America should be limited or stopped completely is called -

a)

capitalism

b)

patriotism

c)

nativism

d)

Americanism

11.

Some Americans wanted to limit immigration because they feared immigrants would -

a)

corrupt America’s unique culture

b)

prevent Americans from getting jobs

c)

lead to foreign countries having spies in our country

d)

not pay taxes like other citizens in America

12.

The Chinese Exclusion Act was passed due to fear that Chinese immigrants would -

a)

try to annex California if enough their population grew enough

b)

not assimilate to American culture

c)

take job opportunities away from those in the West

d)

spy on the American government

13.

The Chinese Exclusion Act was celebrated by -

a)

the Federalist Party

b)

nativists

c)

all Americans

d)

Businessmen in the West

14.

Whose suspended from entering the U.S.?

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15.

What is the consequence for the master of any vessel bringing such a person?

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16.

What will the U.S. government do if such an individual is found unlawfully in the U.S.?

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17.

What law do you think the text is referencing?

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18.

Why would many Americans support this law?

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19.

What part of the country likely supported this law?

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20.

Wars, famines, and political oppression are __________________ for people to leave their country.

a)

Push Factors

b)

Pull Factors