Immigrants and Urban Life Pop Quiz

The Know-Nothing Party became successful for a brief period because

• Their strong support for civil rights
• Their focus on economic policies
• Their pro-immigrant and pro-Catholic stance
• Their anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic stance

Besides connecting the eastern United States with the western United States, the Transcontinental Railroad was also instrumental in

• connecting the eastern United States with the western United States
• connecting the United States with Mexico
• connecting the United States with Canada
• connecting the northern United States with the southern United States

What group of immigrants arrived in large numbers on the U.S. west coast for the primary purpose of working on the Transcontinental Railroad in the 19th century?

• Chinese immigrants
• Irish immigrants
• Mexican immigrants
• Japanese immigrants

Widespread anti-Chinese sentiment in the late-1800s resulted in

• integration, acceptance, and inclusion
• tolerance, understanding, and cooperation
• discrimination, violence, and exclusionary laws
• celebration, appreciation, and admiration

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

• Germany
• Mexico
• China
• Japan

Immigrants from southern Europe who arrived in the U.S. during the late-19th and early-20th century tended to settle in

• coastal areas
• urban areas
• rural areas
• suburban areas

Which of these had the LARGEST impact on the growth of eastern American cities in the late nineteenth century?

Responses

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• Slavery

• Industrialization
• Expansion of railroads
• Immigration

People arriving in the United States during the period known as "New Immigration" (late 19th through early 20th century), would have been most likely to come from which area of the world?

• Europe
• Asia
• South America
• Africa