Week 3 Test Answers

Which of the following was the primary “spoil” in the spoils system?

In the 1800s, what was the most important motivation for both “old” and “new” immigrants to settle in ethnic neighborhoods?

Millions of people from Africa were forcibly brought to the Americas

According to the United States' 1907 Gentleman’s Agreement with Japan,

Which of these statements best describes why it was difficult for many immigrants to find employment in the US in the late 1800s?

Supporters of the spoils system claimed it made government more efficient because like-minded individuals cooperated. Opponents claimed it made government less efficient because

At the turn of the twentieth century, a sweatshop was

In the early 1900s, doctors and lawyers usually belonged to which group?

Why was the term political machine used to describe corrupt political systems in the late 1800s?

Which of the following best describes nativists' views on Chinatowns?

What is one way that city landscapes changed in the beginning of the twentieth century?

The Brooklyn Bridge is significant because it was the first suspension bridge built

Why didn’t the reforms made after President Garfield’s assassination completely reduce corruption nationwide?

In the 1800s, one of the most important pull factors for new immigrants was

The majority of people who immigrated to America in the late 1800s and early 1900s

During the late 1800s, the Chinese immigration rate

Almost half of the “new” immigrants who came to the United States in the late 1800s

Which of the following best describes nativism?

Under the spoils system in federal and state government,

Look at the map below. Immigrant population from selected countries in 1900:According to the map, in the early 1900s,