Chapter 20 Quiz

In the late 1800’s, the increase in the number of tenement buildings resulted directly from the

• need for health care facilities
• rapid growth of urban populations
• increased federal aid for housing
• changing role of women in the home

During the late 1800s and early 1900s, prejudice against “new” immigrants increased mainly because these immigrants

• came from cultural backgrounds very different from that of the majority of Americans
• tried to replace American democracy with their own forms of government
• formed their own labor unions in order to receive higher wages
• had job skills superior to those of most American workers

During the period 1840–1920, from which area did the largest number of immigrants come to the United States?

• Asia
• Canada
• Germany
• Great Britain and Ireland

During the 1800s, Irish immigrants faced discrimination mainly because of their

• religious beliefs
• upper-class backgrounds
• conservative political views
• reluctance to learn the English language

In 1892, the United States government opened Ellis Island primarily to

• process immigrants arriving from overseas
• defend New York City from attack
• check the safety of imported products
• serve as the first federal prison in New York State

The quota system, established as part of United States immigration policy in the 1920s, was mainly designed to

• increase the total number of immigrants
• allow an equal number of immigrants from every country
• attract skilled workers and business investors
• limit the number of immigrants from certain nations

In Emma Lazarus' poem, the phrase “homeless, tempest tost” refers to

• immigrants
• soldiers
• survivors of a shipwreck
• unemployed workers

This poem is found on which national landmark?

• Plymouth Rock
• Lincoln Memorial
• Statue of Liberty
• Independence Hall

One reason that many native-born Americans in the late 1800s were in favor of restricting immigration was 

• to eliminate competition for employment
• to increase urban poverty
• to raise rent prices in the cities
• to expand farming ventures

Which of the following is associated with providing a better life for urban immigrants in the late 1800s and early 1900s?

• the department store
• the suburb
• the tenement
• the settlement house