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Immigration
Unit 7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Gentlemen's Agreement, literacy tests, and the quota system were attempts to restrict | immigration |
| The US used this policy during the 1800's to address the labor shortage | open immigration |
| IN the 1800's and 1900's, where did most immigrants settle in the US? | Urban Northeast |
| Two early actions of the Government that severely limited immigration | The chinese Exclusion Act and the Gentlemen's Agreement |
| Nativist feared immigration because | they would work for cheaper wages |
| A major reason for immigration to the US is | The desire for economic advancement |
| Labor unions were against immigration because immigrants | took jobs from US citizens |
| Between 1870 and 1920, the Goverment placed few restrictions on immigration because | they wanted workers for the factories |
| Passage of laws restricting immigration is an example of | Nativism |
| This group of immigrants came from China, Japan, and Asia between 1890 and 1915 | New Immigrants |
| The Chinese Exclusion Ace, the Emergency Quota Act,and the National Origins Act were expressions of | Nativism |
| The Ku Klux Klan and restictive immigration laws reflect the belief in | Nativism |
| A new and different society would emerge from the blending of cultures is called | The Melting Pot Theory |
| The immigration acts fo 1921 and 1934 showed that the US wanted to | restrict the flow of immigrants from certain parts of the world |
| Immigration polices favored those with | financial security |
| Laws that reduced the number of immigrants from specific regions | Quota Laws |
| The political party that ran on an anti-immigration platform | The Know Nothing Party |
| These immigrants came from northern and western Europe | Old Immigrants |
| In the last 30 years of US History, the greatest numbers of immigrants have come from | Latin America |
| The increased immigration from Ireland to the US during teh 1840's was a result of | crop failures and mass starvation |
| A major purpose of these to things was to limit immigration of certain ethnic groups | The Chinese Exclusion Act and the Gentlemen's Agreement |
| In the late 1800's and early 1900's Congress supoported literacy tests for immigrants in order to | restict immigration from southern and easter Europe |
| This president was was impeached due to a power struggle with Congress over Reconstruction | Andrew Johnson |
| Deciding the legalization of slavery in a new state | popular sovereignty |
| Federal prosecutions of corporations such as Standard Oil, AT&T, and Microsoft were based on alleged violations of | antitrust laws |
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