Author Question: The major purpose of the Angel Island immigration station, also known as the Ellis Island of the ... (Read 146 times)

dejastew · **on:** Jul 4, 2018

The major purpose of the Angel Island immigration station, also known as the Ellis Island of the West, was to

a. interrogate and detain Chinese entering the country for evidence of fraudulent entry into the United States.
b. prevent the immigration of Japanese nationals after the Chinese exclusion.
c. facilitate the processing of large numbers of immigrants entering the country on the West Coast.
d. process the large numbers of Mexicans entering the United States following the Mexican Revolution.

Question 2

Which statement best describes Harrison Gray Otis' newspaper, the Los Angeles Times, in the early 1900s?

a. The paper reflected its owner's anti-union and anti-progressive views.
b. Regardless of its owner's anti-union stance, the paper followed journalistic guidelines about balanced reporting of labor relations in the city.
c. The paper was unique in that its staff belonged to a union.
d. The anti-union forces in the city targeted the paper for a bombing in 1910.