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Immigration

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

During the late 19th century, many Irish immigrants were discriminated against for being

a)

opposed to machine politics

b)

Loyal to United Kingdom

c)

conscientious objectors

d)

Roman Catholics

2.

The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was primarily a response to

a)

increased U.S. presence in China

b)

competition for jobs on the West Coast

c)

rapid population growth in th Northeast

d)

China's actions during the Boxer Rebellion

3.

Which factor prompted the Americanization movement of the early twentieth century?

a)

The increasing numbers of immigrants from Eastern and Southern Europe

b)

The strengthening of Jim Crow laws in the southern U.S.

c)

The rising tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union

d)

The growing concern about environmental issues in the western U.S

4.

In 1895 the Department of Street Cleaning in New York City created a permanent group of sanitiation workers known as the White Wings. Which issue contributed most to the need for this permanent sanitation group?

a)

Increased urban population

b)

the passage of labor laws

c)

decreased regulation of urban rail systems

d)

the establishment of immigration quotas

5.

the first and only major federal legislation to explicitly suspend immigration for a specific nationality

a)

Ban on Irish

b)

Chinese Exclusion Act

c)

Italian segregation act

6.

a policy of favoring native inhabitants as opposed to immigrants

a)

Immigrant

b)

migrant worker

c)

Nativist

d)

Capitalist

7.

Denying citizenship to children born in the United States is a violation of which amendment?

a)

13th

b)

15th

c)

14th

d)

16th

8.

Something that attracts people to a place or activity.

a)

push factor

b)

pull factor

9.

Something that causes people to want to leave a place or situation

a)

push factor

b)

pull factor

10.

Learning to dress speak and look like other Americans

a)

Americanization

b)

Nativist

c)

National identity

d)

Immigrant