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Immigration Quiz 3
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the most accurate definition of nativism? | A belief that your nation’s superior institutions must be protected because they are threatened by pressures coming from outside and inside your country. |
| The KKK stands for ___. It was a nativist group that was particularly active in the years right after the ___ War and during the ___’s and __’s. They discriminated against __s, __s, and __s. | Ku Klux Klan, Civil, 1920, 1960, African Americans, Catholics, Jews |
| What were two reasons related to working conditions that American workers hated the Asian workers? | They worked for lower wages They worked for longer hours |
| In what year was the Chinese Exclusion Act passed? What was a type of citizen that the Chinese were not allowed to become? | 1882, naturalized |
| What two groups of immigrants would have been most excluded from the US when a literacy test was required to immigrate? | Jews from Eastern Europe, Catholics from South + East Europe |
| Which 3 presidents vetoed legislation to lock immigration behind a literacy test? | Cleveland, Taft, Wilson |
| What year did Teddy Roosevelt make a Gentleman’s Agreement with another country? | 1907 |
| Passports to the US were denied to laborers from what country? | Japan |
| When was the first quota system passed? What percent of immigrants did it allow to pass? | 1910, 3% |
| The Immigration Act changed the year of quota effect. What group did this favor? | People from Old Immigration |
| What is the best definition of America as a pluralistic society? | America allows anyone to do their own thing as long as they do not break anyone’s constitutional rights. |