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Mr. Wonderful

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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.

Question 2

The Alien Act allowed
 
  a. the deportation of any German or Irish citizen.
  b. the deportation of aliens who were considered dangerous.
  c. the deportation of aliens who were citizens of a nation at war with the United States.
  d. the president to restrict immigration in times of war.
  e. aggressive competition among states to attract immigrants.



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: A

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B



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