The main reason for immigration to the United States during the late nineteenth century was the: a. industrial revolution in Northern Europe. b. religious persecution in Southern Europe. c. desire for economic betterment. d. collapse of the peasant economy in central and southern Europe. e. there were no immigrants coming to the United States in the late nineteenth century. The urban ethnic neighborhoods of the late nineteenth century: a. were crowded and unhealthy. b. were destroyers of traditional immigrant culture. c. were racially and ethnically integrated. d. were the sole cause of urban problems. e. had areas reserved where people could grow gardens and house their animals. Most European immigrants who arrived between 1880 and 1914 came from: a. The Caribbean. b. Europe. c. Africa. d. Asian. e. Mexico. For the most part, native- born Americans viewed the \"new immigrants\" as: a. culturally sophisticated and racially fit. b. politically mature c. racially inferior and culturally impoverished. d. groups who would enrich America\'s multicultural society. e. capable of assimilating to American traditions. Social Darwinism argued that human history witnessed: a struggle among the races, with the strongest triumphing. b. the inevitable evolution of the weakest groups to the positions of highest power. c. the inevitable collapse of capitalism. d. the evolution of humans from the ape. e. the eventual disintegration of Western civilization. The Red Scare: a. ended when Woodrow Wilson voiced his opposition to repression. b. was led by labor unions and social reformers c. completely destroyed the Socialist party of America. d. targeted Native Americans. e. exemplified postwar American fear of foreign ideas and influences. Most African Americans in the United States in the early twentieth century were: a. treated better by their employers than were the immigrant workers. b. denied job opportunities by the northern Jim Crow laws. c. urban skilled tradesmen and middle-class businessmen. d. southern sharecroppers. e. actively engaged in politics. Solution Religious persecution was another driver of immigration. Scandinavian immigrants fled official discrimination in their home countries, while Russian Jews came to America to escape the pogroms. Immigrants were rarely met with open arms. Nativist organizations like the Know-Nothings opposed German and Irish immigration due to anti-Catholic sentiment. The influx of Chinese immigrants in the West eventually led to official restrictions on immigration from China..

1. The main reason for immigration to the United States during the late nineteenth century was the:
a. industrial revolution in Northern Europe. b. religious persecution in Southern Europe. c.
desire for economic betterment. d. collapse of the peasant economy in central and southern
Europe. e. there were no immigrants coming to the United States in the late nineteenth century.
The urban ethnic neighborhoods of the late nineteenth century: a. were crowded and unhealthy.
b. were destroyers of traditional immigrant culture. c. were racially and ethnically integrated. d.
were the sole cause of urban problems. e. had areas reserved where people could grow gardens
and house their animals. Most European immigrants who arrived between 1880 and 1914 came
from: a. The Caribbean. b. Europe. c. Africa. d. Asian. e. Mexico. For the most part, native-
born Americans viewed the "new immigrants" as: a. culturally sophisticated and racially fit. b.
politically mature c. racially inferior and culturally impoverished. d. groups who would enrich
America's multicultural society. e. capable of assimilating to American traditions. Social
Darwinism argued that human history witnessed: a struggle among the races, with the strongest
triumphing. b. the inevitable evolution of the weakest groups to the positions of highest power.
c. the inevitable collapse of capitalism. d. the evolution of humans from the ape. e. the eventual
disintegration of Western civilization. The Red Scare: a. ended when Woodrow Wilson voiced
his opposition to repression. b. was led by labor unions and social reformers c. completely
destroyed the Socialist party of America. d. targeted Native Americans. e. exemplified postwar
American fear of foreign ideas and influences. Most African Americans in the United States in
the early twentieth century were: a. treated better by their employers than were the immigrant
workers. b. denied job opportunities by the northern Jim Crow laws. c. urban skilled tradesmen
and middle-class businessmen. d. southern sharecroppers. e. actively engaged in politics.
Solution
Religious persecution was another driver of immigration. Scandinavian immigrants fled official
discrimination in their home countries, while Russian Jews came to America to escape the
pogroms.
Immigrants were rarely met with open arms. Nativist organizations like the Know-Nothings
opposed German and Irish immigration due to anti-Catholic sentiment. The influx of Chinese
immigrants in the West eventually led to official restrictions on immigration from China.