During the early twentieth century, immigrant population shifted from predominantly northern and western European to
a. African.
b. Latin American.
c. Middle Eastern.
d. Russian.
e. southern and eastern European.
Question -2-Theodore Roosevelt negotiated the Gentlemans Agreement of 1907 with the Japanese government in order to
a. improve industry in California.
b. discourage immigration from China. c.
build a labor force in California. d.
encourage Japanese immigration.
e. limit Japanese immigration.
Question -3-________ laborers were the first to be excluded from immigration based on ethnicity.
a. African
b. Chinese
c. Filipino
d. Irish
e. Japanese
Question -4-Who were the first individuals restricted from immigrating to the United States?
a. Germans and Irish
b. People from monarchical nations
c. Prostitutes and convicts
d. Chinese
e. Japanese
Question -5-Nativism is the term used to describe efforts by
a. abolitionists to curb slavery.
b. anti-federalists to defeat the Constitution.
c. Congress to retain power over the states.
d. native-born Americans to restrict immigration.
e. states to regulate Indian tribes.
Question -6-What fear fueled opposition to immigration of Catholics during the 1840s and 1850s?
a. Papal rule and authority threatened to destroy religious and political liberty.
b. The Pope might condemn democracy and excommunicate the entire nation.
c. Catholicism would become the dominant religion in the United States.
d. Catholics would fail to fulfill their civic duties because they would be too busy in church.
e. Catholics would prefer to read the Bible than the Constitution.
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