Author Question: Which of the following statements about the first immigration era in U.S. history (17891874) is ... (Read 39 times)

Yolanda · **on:** Jul 2, 2018

Which of the following statements about the first immigration era in U.S. history (17891874) is true?

a. During the first immigration era in U.S. history, noncitizens could vote in a majority of states.
b. During the first immigration era in U.S. history, immigration was largely restricted to English, Dutch, and German immigrants.
c. During the first immigration era in U.S. history, naturalization was largely unrestricted.
d. During the first immigration era in U.S. history, a tax on each person entering the country was instituted.

Question 2

As one scholar opines, racial makeup of the rising prison population reflects a new Jim Crow. What is meant by this?

a. The large numbers of African Americans in the prison population suggest the Colored Only accommodations that were once common in the American South.
b. It is a metaphorical way of saying that African Americans are being lynched today.
c. White skinheads are increasingly behaving like the KKK.
d. Prisons in the south and southwest actively try to increase the white population to create balance.