The Immigrant Experience

Question 1

Read the quotation to the left. What did the author notice about the family’s living conditions?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

The tenement was dark and had no sunlight.

Question 2

Which of theses statements best describes the way new immigrants lived in cities?Check all the boxes that apply.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

They often lived in crowded tenements.; They generally lived among others who shared their culture.

Question 3

Which of these statements describes nativism? Check all the boxes that apply.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Nativists viewed immigrants as a cultural and economic threat.; Nativists didn’t believe immigrants could adopt US culture and values.; Nativists pressured politicians to limit immigration.

Question 4

How did the government justify the Chinese Exclusion Act?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

by saying that Chinese immigrants threaten the safety of the United States

Question 5

What most likely happened to immigration during the the 1920s?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Immigration rates declined.

Question 6

Identify three cultural differences immigrants might have faced when they arrived in the United States.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Language, food, and traditions and customs.

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