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justinmsk

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Question 1

In the late nineteenth century, the assimilation of immigrants was encouraged by
 
  A. church leaders.
 
  B. the sale of American products.
 
  C. public education.
 
  D. religious reform.
 
  E. All these answers are correct.

Question 2

Compared to most other immigrant ethnic groups in the late nineteenth century, Jewish immigrants
 
  A. All these answers are correct.
 
  B. huddled together in ethnic neighborhoods.
 
  C. both advanced rapidly economically, and huddled together in ethnic neighborhoods.
 
  D. placed a high value on education.
 
  E. advanced rapidly economically.

Question 3

Compared with the first generation, second-generation immigrants were more likely to
 
  A. hold on to their old ethnic habits.
 
  B. lose faith in the United States due to the hardships they experienced.
 
  C. resist external social pressures to assimilate.
 
  D. break from their traditional culture.
 
  E. return to the Old World for good.

Question 4

By 1890, populations in the biggest urban areas
 
  A. consisted mostly of foreign-born immigrants and their children.
 
  B. experienced massive growth even where there was little immigration.
 
  C. increased mainly as a result of longer life expectancy.
 
  D. soared as the rates of infant mortality and disease significantly declined.
 
  E. rose as the number of children born into urban families doubled.

Question 5

In the late nineteenth century, immigrants in the United States
 
  A. took up semi-skilled craft jobs.
 
  B. avoided ports like Ellis Island for fear they would be denied entry.
 
  C. settled overwhelmingly in the relatively empty Northwest.
 
  D. generally lacked the capital to buy farmland.
 
  E. were generally better educated than immigrants who arrived a generation before.

Question 6

By the 1890s, the largest number of immigrants to the United States came from
 
  A. southern and eastern Europe.
 
  B. Great Britain and Germany.
 
  C. Ireland and Italy.
 
  D. China and Japan.
 
  E. Mexico and Central America.



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morrie123456

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Answer 1

E

Answer 2

A

Answer 3

D

Answer 4

A

Answer 5

D

Answer 6

A




justinmsk

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Reply 2 on: Sep 21, 2019
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
:D TYSM

 

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