Immigration

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 urbanizationon

• an increase in the price of farm products

After 1880, a major new source of labor for American factories was

• western farmers who moved back to eastern cities

• young women who worked until they married

• formerly enslaved persons fleeing from the South

• immigrants from southern and eastern Europe

During the late 1800s and early 1900s, where did most of the immigrants to the United States settle?

• urban centers of the Northeast (NYC)

• plantations of the New South

• mining areas of the Far West

• farming regions of the Great Plains

Rapid industrialization during the late 1800s contributed to

• a decline in the membership of the American Federation of Labor (AFL)

• a reduction in government regulation of railroads

• a rise in the number of family farms

• an increase in immigration to the United States

In his book How the Other Half Lives, Jacob Riis focused attention on the living conditions of

• residents of urban slums

• sharecroppers in the South

• Native American Indians on reservations

• small farmers on the Great Plains

In his book, How the Other Half Lives, muckraker Jacob Riis exposed the

• ruthlessness of the Standard Oil Company

• the unsanitary conditions of life in New York City’s tenements

• unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry

• abuses of the railroad industry

'Given me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door'– Emma Lazarus An American who holds the ideals expressed by the poem would most likely favor

• allowing only highly educated immigrants to enter the United States

• using troops to stop immigration from Mexico

• penalizing businesses that hire illegal immigrants

• maintaining a policy of open immigration

That the master of any vessel who shall knowingly bring within the United States on such vessel, and land or permit to be landed, any Chinese laborer, from any foreign port or place, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars for each and every such Chinese laborer so brought, and may be also imprisoned for a term not exceeding one year.– Section 2, Chinese Exclusion Act, 1882 Passage of this legislation was mainly a response to

• economic and racism to immigrants in the western United States

• demands by businesses for additional workers

• efforts of the American Federation of Labor to recruit skilled workers

• pressure frorn railroads to limit competition in shipping

Between 1880 and 1920, where did the majority of the "new" immigrants to the United States come from?

• northern and western Europe

• southern and eastern Europe

• Canada and Latin America

• China and Southeast Asia

During the last quarter of the 19th century, large numbers of immigrants were admitted to the United States primarily because of the economy’s need for more

• skilled craftsmen

• educated professionals

• unskilled factory workers

• scientists and technicians