Test Practice: U.S. Immigration

How did immigration in the mid-1800s affect the United States?

• Cities grew because immigrants settled there.

• Immigrants took the best paying jobs.

What is Nativism?

• fear of foreigners.

• the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants.

Analyze the political cartoon called "Looking Backward": An immigrant arrives but is blocked by successful American businessman. What do the shadows behind the men represent?

• The fathers of the business people who immigrated to America.

• Ghosts who may punish the business people for their cruelty.

What led to a significant increase in Chinese immigration to the United States in the nineteenth century?

• the discovery of oil in Texas

• the discovery of gold in California

The decline in Chinese immigration to the United States is BEST explained by the . . .

• end of the California Gold Rush.

• the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act.

Where was the first legal stop Chinese immigrants of the 1890s made upon entering the United States?

• Angel Island

• Ellis Island

Why were immigrants treated differently at Angel Island and Ellis Island?

• The U.S. Government was more concerned about immigration to New York City than San Francisco.

• Racial Prejudice and Xenophobia by the people screening immigrants.

What was the purpose of Executive Order 9066?

• to wipe out the Jedi Order.

• to imprison Japanese Americans during World War II.

• to create a camp for children to learn outdoor activities.

• to detain traitors and people found guilty of espionage

Excerpt: "The implementation of Japanese internment camps was an injustice that tremendously disrupted the daily lives of thousands of Japanese Americans, tore apart families, and ravaged their future economic welfare."

Q. Select the types of sources that would provide the most credible evidence for the claim presented in the excerpt above.

• Second Hand Sources (written by people who were not there)

• First hand accounts (letters, diaries, interviews)

What was the Bracero Program?

• It was an agreement between the United States and Mexico to provide labor for low-paying farm jobs.

• It was an disagreement between California and Mexico to provide labor for low-paying farm jobs.