APUSH Immigration Quiz (A)

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20 questions

1

The first federal law to restrict immigration based on nationality was the Immigration Act of 1917

True

False

The Immigration Act of 1924

Established quotas for immigration based on national origin

Required immigrants to pass a literacy test

Provided amnesty for unauthorized immigrants

Abolished national origin quotas for immigration

The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) led to:

Increased migration from Mexico to the United States

Decreased migration from Mexico to the United States

No significant change in migration from Mexico to the United States

Deportation of all Mexican immigrants

The Immigration Act of 1924 established a quota system that heavily favored immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe.

True

False

The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was the first federal law to restrict immigration on the basis of race and nationality.

True

False

The Bracero Program allowed Mexican laborers to work temporarily in the United States to fill agricultural jobs.

True

False

By the 1930s, immigration had dropped to historic lows

True

False

Jews in large numbers first immigrated to the United States during the Market Revolution

True

False

Italians in large numbers first immigrated to the United States during the Market Revolution

True

False

The Irish in large numbers first immigrated to the United States during the Market Revolution

True

False

The anti-immigrant Know-Nothing Party was created during Reconstruction

True

False

The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was passed during the Market Revolution

True

False

The Refugee Act of 1980 was passed during Lyndon Johnson's Great Society

True

False

Jane Adams' Hull Houses was a community center that provided services and support to immigrants and the working class, such as education, healthcare, and housing assistance.

True

False

The Palmer Raids are to the first Red Scare what McCarthyism is to the Second Red Scare

True

False

Upton Sinclair's book “The Jungle” exposed the terrible living conditions of immigrants and the working class in New York City’s slums.

True

False

Political machines provided important services to immigrant communities,

True

False

One of the key provisions of NAFTA that said citizens of Canada and Mexico with specialized skills and education could obtain a work visa to work in the United States for up to three years.

True

False

In 1906, the city of San Francisco passed a law that required all schoolchildren of Chinese descent to attend a segregated school. This law was challenged by a group of Chinese-American parents who took their case to the United States Supreme Court. In 1923, the Supreme Court upheld the law, which effectively led to the expulsion of many Chinese-American students from mainstream schools.

True

False

The rise of political machines in the United States coincided with a period of massive immigration from Europe.

True

False

The first federal law to restrict immigration based on nationality was the Immigration Act of 1917

True

False

The Immigration Act of 1924

Established quotas for immigration based on national origin

Required immigrants to pass a literacy test

Provided amnesty for unauthorized immigrants

Abolished national origin quotas for immigration

The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) led to:

Increased migration from Mexico to the United States

Decreased migration from Mexico to the United States

No significant change in migration from Mexico to the United States

Deportation of all Mexican immigrants

The Immigration Act of 1924 established a quota system that heavily favored immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe.

True

False

The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was the first federal law to restrict immigration on the basis of race and nationality.

True

False

The Bracero Program allowed Mexican laborers to work temporarily in the United States to fill agricultural jobs.

True

False

By the 1930s, immigration had dropped to historic lows

True

False

Jews in large numbers first immigrated to the United States during the Market Revolution

True

False

Italians in large numbers first immigrated to the United States during the Market Revolution

True

False

The Irish in large numbers first immigrated to the United States during the Market Revolution

True

False

The anti-immigrant Know-Nothing Party was created during Reconstruction 

True

False

The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was passed during the Market Revolution

True

False

The Refugee Act of 1980 was passed during Lyndon Johnson's Great Society

True

False

Jane Adams' Hull Houses was a community center that provided services and support to immigrants and the working class, such as education, healthcare, and housing assistance.

True

False

The Palmer Raids are to the first Red Scare what McCarthyism is to the Second Red Scare

True

False

Upton Sinclair's book “The Jungle” exposed the terrible living conditions of immigrants and the working class in New York City’s slums.

True

False

Political machines provided important services to immigrant communities,

True

False

One of the key provisions of NAFTA that said citizens of Canada and Mexico with specialized skills and education could obtain a work visa to work in the United States for up to three years.

True

False

In 1906, the city of San Francisco passed a law that required all schoolchildren of Chinese descent to attend a segregated school. This law was challenged by a group of Chinese-American parents who took their case to the United States Supreme Court. In 1923, the Supreme Court upheld the law, which effectively led to the expulsion of many Chinese-American students from mainstream schools.

True

False

The rise of political machines in the United States coincided with a period of massive immigration from Europe.

True

False