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Immigration and Americanization Quiz

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When did immigration restrictions start based on national security concerns?

a)

1921

b)

1917

c)

1920

d)

1880s

2.

What was the purpose of the Emergency Quotas Act in 1921?

a)

To end the recession

b)

To limit immigration

c)

To increase unemployment

d)

To regulate factories

3.

What was the main aim of the Immigration Act of 1924?

a)

All of the above

b)

To ban Arab and Asian immigration

c)

To regulate immigration from Eastern and Southern European nations

d)

To restrict immigration from Africa

4.

What phrase is often used to refer to the blending of cultures in the United States due to immigration?

a)

Cultural fusion

b)

Melting pot

c)

Immigration mosaic

d)

Cultural assimilation

5.

What were the Americanization programs in the 1910s characterized by?

a)

Promotion of cultural diversity

b)

Teaching of foreign languages

c)

Promoted religious practices

d)

Teaching of English and American civics

6.

What was the purpose of Native American boarding schools?

a)

To preserve Native American culture

b)

To assimilate Native Americans into American culture

c)

To promote cultural diversity

d)

To provide education for Native American children

7.

What was the first Indian Boarding School or Indian Residential School?

a)

Carlisle Indian Industrial School

b)

American Indian Boarding School

c)

Native American Residential School

d)

Indian Cultural Assimilation School

8.

What did American Indian children in boarding schools have to abandon?

a)

Education

b)

Native cultural practices

c)

Christian religious services

d)

English language

9.

What was the primary goal of American Indian education in the late 19th and early 20th centuries?

a)

To enhance tribal traditions

b)

To further their academic knowledge

c)

To foster multiculturalism

d)

To encourage assimilation of their tribes

10.

When did the last residential school for American Indians close?

a)

1973

b)

1950

c)

1930

d)

1910

11.

What was the main concern that led to the Immigration Act of 1924?

a)

Unemployment and recession

b)

Low prices on agricultural products

c)

Overcrowded conditions in cities

d)

National security

12.

What did the Immigration Act of 1924 primarily aim to regulate?

a)

Immigration from Eastern and Southern European nations

b)

Immigration from Asian nations

c)

Immigration from Africa

d)

Immigration from Latin American nations

13.

What was the purpose of the literacy test implemented in 1917?

a)

To limit immigration

b)

To promote education

c)

To increase employment

d)

To regulate factories

14.

When children that went to Native American Boarding Schools were taken back to their tribes-

what usually happened?

a)

The were usually shunned and alienated from the tribe

b)

They integrated back into their tribes and successfully assimilated tribal members