The Immigrant Experience

Question 1

Which of the following best defines culture?

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the beliefs, values, and way of life of a group

Question 2

Which statement best describes nativist views in the late 1800s?

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Nativists believed that people born in the United States were better than immigrants.

Question 3

Chinese immigration to the United States sharply increased

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in the 1850s.

Question 4

Which of the following best describes an enclave?

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a group that lives or works together in a larger community

Question 5

What helped immigrants in the 1800s and early 1900s maintain their cultures?

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living in ethnic enclaves

Question 6

Which of the following was a common problem in tenement buildings in the early 1900s?

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poor ventilation due to the lack of windows

Question 7

Which of the following best describes New York City tenements in the early 1900s?

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crowded apartment buildings where two-thirds of the city's population lived

Question 8

Why was it hard for many immigrants to find jobs in the United States in the late 1800s?

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They were commonly discriminated against by potential employers.

Question 9

Which law created quotas that made it harder for southern and eastern Europeans to immigrate to the United States and easier for northern Europeans?

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the Johnson-Reed Immigration Act

Question 10

Nativism among Americans in the early 1900s was

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the belief that immigrant groups were inferior.

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