Nativism in the Gilded Age & Quiz

Nativism in the Gilded Age | History, Immigration & Reforms

Review nativism in the Gilded Age. Study the rise of industrial America from 1865 to 1900 and the nativist response to immigration during the industrial revolution.

​Learning Outcomes

After you've completed this lesson, you'll be able to:

• Explain why the U.S. saw a massive influx of immigrants between 1870 and 1900

• Describe the importance of Ellis Island and Angel Island to the processing and migration of immigrants during this time frame

• Summarize the effects of nativism and the implementation of federal legislation to control immigration

• Identify two important early federal acts that regulated immigration

Quiz

Multiple Choice

Why was the 1875 Page Act introduced?

• Because the U.S. had a trade deficit with China.

• Because U.S. citizens of Chinese origin were disenfranchised.

• In response to a widespread stereotype about the danger of cheap Chinese labor.

• In response to the public's fear that a terrorist attack was imminent.

Multiple Choice

How were the 'new' immigrants different from the 'old' immigrants to the United States?

• New immigrants were more likely to be white people and Protestant, whereas most of the old immigrants were Catholics.

• New immigrants were more likely to have lived in a democracy, whereas most of the old immigrants came from monarchies.

• New immigrants were less likely to be Catholic and illiterate, whereas the old immigrants were Protestant and literate.

• New immigrants were less likely to be literate and English-speaking, whereas most of the old immigrants came from English-speaking, democratic countries.

Multiple Choice

Which person would be most likely to be able to legally immigrate to the United States in the 1890s?

• A middle-aged healthy white Dutch man with no criminal record

• A young white woman from Italy with a long record of arrests for attending anarchist rallies

• A young healthy man from China with no criminal record

• A middle-aged white man from Denmark who suffered from epilepsy

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best defines nativism?

• The preference for US-born inhabitants over other US inhabitants that were born in a foreign country.

• An attempt to force new immigrants to assimilate and become more like 'real' U.S. citizens.

• The preference for Native American indigenous people over people of European descent.

• The desire to close U.S. borders to immigration and increase the population only through domestic births.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following did Social Darwinism try to justify?

• Anti-government protests about the federal government holding too much power.

• Anti-immigrant policies and attitudes.

• Accepting immigrants from southern Europe only.

• Forcing immigrants to live in ethnic enclaves.