The Immigrant Experience — Unit test Answers

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Which of the following details related to the topic of nineteenth-century immigration is the best example of an objective voice?

A
numerous unskilled workers
B
hardworking, desperate families
C
intelligent but uneducated children
D
adventurous, young pioneers
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Which of the following is the most engaging text with the most varied sentence structures?

A
The experience of the new immigrants was different. By 1890, no more free land was available, so newcomers found jobs in city factories. They lived in crowded neighborhoods, where everyone shared a common language and culture.
B
The new immigrants had a different experience. They couldn’t find free land by 1890, so they found jobs in factories in the cities. They lived in crowded neighborhoods. They spoke the same languages, and they practiced the same traditions.
C
The new immigrants had a different experience. The free land was gone by 1890. The new immigrants found jobs in factories in the cities. They lived in crowded neighborhoods. They spoke their own languages. They practiced their own traditions.
D
By 1890, immigrants had a different experience. By then, the free land was gone, and immigrants found jobs in factories in the cities. In the cities, they lived in crowded neighborhoods. In the neighborhoods, they spoke their own languages and practiced their own traditions.
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During the 1800s, nativists promoted the idea that immigrants contributed to unemployment by

A
taking jobs back to their native countries.
B
blocking American workers from applying for jobs.
C
competing for jobs that they believed should go to people born in America.
D
forcing or intimidating employers into hiring them.
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What was the push factor that brought many European Jews to the United States beginning in the late 1800s?

A
famine
B
overpopulation
C
religious persecution
D
political unrest
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Which sentence best compares the employment opportunities between farms and cities in the late 1800s?

A
There were far more jobs on farms than there were in cities.
B
There were far more jobs in cities than there were on farms.
C
There was a low number of jobs both on farms and in cities.
D
There was a high number of jobs both on farms and in cities.
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In what year was the Women’s Christian Temperance Union formed?

A
1859
B
1870
C
1874
D
1910
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How did the efforts of Jane Addams differ from the efforts of Lincoln Steffens?

A
Addams worked to expose slum conditions through journalism; Steffens worked to provide health care to immigrants.
B
Addams worked to promote temperance; Steffens worked to run settlement houses.
C
Addams worked to establish settlement houses for immigrants; Steffens worked to expose government corruption.
D
Addams worked to reform factory labor laws; Steffens worked to teach immigrants American culture.
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Which of these statements best accounts for Chinese immigration to the United States in the late 1800s?

A
Chinese immigrants wanted to establish their own railroads.
B
Chinese immigrants wanted to send money to their families.
C
Chinese immigrants wanted to escape religious persecution.
D
Chinese immigrants wanted to settle in the Pearl River Delta.
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Look at the circle graph, which describes the foreign-born (immigrant) population in the US in 1850.According to the chart, the US immigrant population in 1850 was

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A
mostly from countries in the south and east of Europe
B
mostly from countries in the north and west of Europe
C
mostly from non-European countries.
D
mostly English-speaking.
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Republican President James Garfield was opposed to

A
the spoils system.
B
reform movements.
C
the civil service.
D
company contracts.
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The majority of immigrants and rural migrants who moved to American cities at the turn of the twentieth century became part of the

A
middle class.
B
working poor.
C
wealthy class.
D
working rich.
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As city populations increased in the early 1900s, cities

A
grew out only.
B
stayed the same size.
C
grew up only.
D
grew up and out.
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What helped immigrants retain the culture of their native lands?

A
passing through immigrant processing stations
B
working alongside Americans
C
joining nativist organizations
D
living in close proximity to others from their country
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In 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act

A
limited Chinese immigration to 5,000 people per year.
B
was strongly opposed by nativist groups.
C
was debated in Congress but did not pass.
D
halted Chinese immigration for a period.
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Read what President Garfield said when he called for an investigation of New York's political machine. “Go ahead regardless of where or whom you hit.” The president was instructing the investigation team to:

A
investigate people from both political parties.
B
stop investigating politicians.
C
investigate only Democrats.
D
investigate only Republicans.

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