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Which conditions explain why there were so many working poor in the Industrial Age?

A
Many workers faced high wages and low rents.
B
Many workers faced low wages and high rents.
C
Many workers faced high wages and high rents.
D
Many workers faced low wages and low rents.
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Which of the following best describes the segregation in cities in the late 1800s and early 1900s?

A
Immigrants formed their own communities to support one another.
B
City planners forced ethnic groups to live in their own neighborhoods.
C
The wealthy class blocked the working poor from living in inner cities.
D
The growing middle class built their own communities in inner cities.
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Opposition to Asian immigrants led to the 1907 Gentleman’s Agreement with Japan. This informal agreement stated that

A
Japan would stop giving passports to people who wanted to immigrate to the United States.
B
Japan would issue only five thousand passports per year to people who wanted to immigrate to the United States.
C
the United States could take away the citizenship of Japanese immigrants who lived in the United States.
D
the United States would stop giving passports to people who wanted to immigrate to Japan.
4

During the late 1800s, the Chinese immigration rate dramatically

A
decreased because of new legislation.
B
decreased because of a war in China.
C
increased because of a gold rush.
D
increased because of job opportunities.
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Most of the immigrants who came to the United States in the late 1800s

A
often returned to their home countries.
B
were skilled laborers and merchants.
C
were either Protestant or Catholic.
D
came to seek farming opportunities.
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The two major immigration stations in the United States were located

A
in San Francisco in the West and New York in the East.
B
in Philadelphia in the East and Chicago in the Midwest.
C
in New York in the North and Charleston in the South.
D
in San Francisco in the West and Philadelphia in the East.
7

In the late 1800s, where did most European immigrants live in the United States?

A
on large farms
B
in large cities
C
just outside cities
D
in small towns
8

Which of the following was a typical tactic of nativists in the early 1900s?

A
registering immigrants to vote
B
campaigning for pro-immigration laws
C
bullying and intimidating immigrants
D
paying immigrants to move out of cities
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What was one result of landlords not taking care of tenements in the early 1900s?

A
People only lived in them for short periods of time.
B
People got sick due to unsafe living conditions.
C
Rooms were overcrowded despite regulations.
D
Elevators were usually broken and out of order.
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Where did large numbers of Asian immigrants settle between 1890 and 1910?

A
in the South
B
in the Midwest
C
on the East Coast
D
on the West Coast
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What was one difference between “old” immigrants and “new” immigrants in the 1800s?

A
“Old” immigrants were Protestants and Jews. “New” immigrants were Catholics and Jews.
B
“Old” immigrants settled among the native population. “New” immigrants formed their own neighborhoods.
C
“Old” immigrants were welcomed by the native population. “New” immigrants were met with hostility.
D
“Old” immigrants often had property and skills. “New” immigrants tended to be unskilled workers.
13

Chinese immigration to the United States sharply increased

A
in the 1820s.
B
in the 1850s.
C
in the 1880s.
D
in the 1910s.
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Which of the following best describes the push factor that brought Mary Antin to the United States?

A
religious persecution in her home country
B
business failure in her home country
C
threat of war in her home country
D
lack of food in her home country
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Which reason best explains why urbanization happened in the United States in the late 1800s?

A
Cities were clean, peaceful places to settle.
B
Cities offered more jobs and opportunities.
C
Rural areas were closed to immigrants.
D
Rural areas only provided factory work.
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Which of the following best explains why immigrants and the wealthy often lived in different parts of a city?

A
Immigrants usually lived on the edge of cities, far from their workplaces.
B
Laws forced immigrants and the wealthy to live in separate parts of cities.
C
The wealthy preferred to live on the edge of cities, away from the working poor.
D
The lack of public transportation made it hard for immigrants to travel to work.
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Which law created quotas that made it harder for southern and eastern Europeans to immigrate to the United States and easier for northern Europeans?

A
the Chinese Exclusion Act
B
the Immigration Act of 1917
C
the Emergency Quota Act
D
the Johnson-Reed Immigration Act

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