Immigration/Industrialization/Progressive Era

Most nativists of the late 1800's would most likely have supported the...

• creation of settlement houses to aid new immigrants
• passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act
• continuation of the contract labor system
• assimilation of Native American Indians into mainstream culture

The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and the Gentlemen's Agreement with Japan in 1907 both illustrate...

• the role of nativism in the development of United States policies
•  imperialist attitudes in foreign affairs
• restrictive trading policies toward Asian nations
•  the influence of big business on foreign policy

During the late 1800's, which group strongly supported an open immigration policy?

• conservationists
• nativists
• factory owners
• southern farmers

What are the two major ports that immigrants came in?

• Angel Island and Ellis Island
• Angel Island and San Francisco
• Ellis Island and Charleston

Andrew Carnegie created a monopoly in the ________ industry 

• oil
• steel
• bridges

Was everyone allowed to enter the US?

• no
• yes

Small, run-down apartments that barely met minimal standards where immigrants lived.

• Tenements

• Elephants

• Ghetto

• Relevance

In the late 1800s, rapid industrial development resulted in

• a decrease in tariff rates

• a decrease in population growth

• an increase in the rate of urbanization

• an increase in the price of farm products

According to the graph, the manufacturing of products in the United States

• greatly increased from 1800 to 1900
• greatly decreased from the onset of the Civil War to 1900
• slowly decreased in 1800 and again in 1900
• slowly increased after 1880

Who wrote the expose piece of literature that revealed the extensive corrupt monopolistic business practices of Standard Oil?

• Ida Tarbell
• Lewis Hines 
• Jacob Riis
• Upton Sinclair

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