4.5 quiz

Businessmen during the Gilded Age of the late 19th century often favored relaxed immigration laws because they

• remembered their immigrant heritage.
• were advocates of multicultural education.
• were supporters of the Temperance Movement
• valued cheap and relatively unskilled labor.

 In 1882, Congress passed an "exclusion act" which prevented the immigration of workers from what country for 10 years?

• China
• Ireland 
• Japan
• Russia

The "New Immigration" to the United States in the late-nineteenth century refers to the increased numbers of people arriving from

• East Asia
• South America
• Southern Europe
• Northern Europe

This cartoon by Thomas Nast was protesting the actions of

• the greed of Andrew Carneige
• the actions of Union organizers
• Abraham Lincoln's corruption charges
• "Boss Tweed" in New York Politics

Which group of immigrants poured into the United States between 1890 and 1920?

• Scandinavians and Germans
• Irish, Spanish, Italian
• English, Scottish, Welsh
• Southern and Eastern Europe

Which group of immigrants poured into the United States between 1890 and 1920?

• Scandinavians and Germans
• Irish, Spanish, and Italian
• English, Scottish, Welsh
• Immigrants from southern and eastern Europe

Upon arrival to the United States in the early 1900s, where were Chinese immigrants usually processed?

• Charleston
• Los Angeles 
• Ellis Island in New York Harbour
• Angel Island in San Francisco Bay

Due to construction of the transcontinental railroad, immigration to the western United States during the 19th Century PRIMARILY involved workers from

• China
• Australia
• India 
• Italy

How did political machines gather votes in the late 18th century and early 19th century?

• Political machines would help African American women register to vote.
• Political machines avoided detection by either state or federal agencies.
• Political machines promised social services and jobs in exchange for votes.
• Political machines would alter the votes to include those of the deceased.
  

Who was the leader of the infamous Tammany Hall political machine in New York City who was accused and convicted of stealing millions of dollars from the New York state treasury?

• William Tweed
• George Briggs
• Thomas Whitney
• Chester Arthur