SS Test 2 section 4
How did many US labor unions treat Chinese immigrants in the 1800s? Labor unions did not allow Chinese immigrants to become members. Labor unions helped Chinese immigrants find jobs in mills and factories. Labor unions asked companies to pay Chinese immigrants low wages. Labor unions helped Chinese immigrants form their own unions.
Labor unions did not allow Chinese immigrants to become members.
Which of the following best describes New York City tenements in the early 1900s? crowded apartment buildings where two-thirds of the city's population lived crowded apartment buildings where a small portion of the city's population lived crowded homes outside the city where the majority of city workers lived crowded homes outside the city where immigrants lived after arriving in the US
crowded apartment buildings where two-thirds of the city's population lived
One goal of nativist groups in the late 1800s was inclusion. immigration. exclusion. education
exclusion.
Chinese immigration to the United States sharply increased in the 1820s. in the 1850s. in the 1880s. in the 1910s.
in the 1850s.
Which law created quotas that made it harder for southern and eastern Europeans to immigrate to the United States and easier for northern Europeans? the Chinese Exclusion Act the Immigration Act of 1917 the Emergency Quota Act the Johnson-Reed Immigration Act
the Johnson-Reed Immigration Act
Nativism among Americans in the early 1900s was a group's shared beliefs, values, and ways of life. the belief that immigrant groups were inferior. the act of separating one group from another group. a group that lived or worked together in a larger community.
the belief that immigrant groups were inferior.
Which statement best describes nativist views in the late 1800s? Nativists believed that people born in the United States were better than immigrants. Nativists believed that more people should immigrate to the United States to boost the economy. Nativists believed that immigrants should adopt American culture to better assimilate. Nativists believed that immigrants should bring their own cultures to the United States.
Nativists believed that people born in the United States were better than immigrants.
How did the Chinese Exclusion Act affect Chinese immigrants who were already in the United States? The act forced Chinese immigrants to leave the US and return to China. The act blocked Chinese immigrants from becoming American citizens. The act prevented Chinese immigrants from taking low-paying jobs. The act prohibited Chinese immigrants from establishing Chinatowns.
The act blocked Chinese immigrants from becoming American citizens.
What helped immigrants in the 1800s and early 1900s maintain their cultures? adopting American traditions living in ethnic enclaves fleeing religious persecution avoiding discrimination
living in ethnic enclaves
In the 1850s, Chinese immigrants established Chinatowns in cities mainly on the western coast of the United States. mainly on the eastern coast of the United States. primarily in the midwestern United States. primarily in the southern United States.
mainly on the western coast of the United States.
