The New Immigrants who came to the United States after 1880
a. had experience with democratic governments.
b. arrived primarily from Germany, Sweden, and Norway.
c. were culturally different from previous immigrants.
d. received a warm welcome from the Old Immigrants.
e. represented nonwhite racial groups.
Question 2
All of the following accurately represent aspects of the historical and contemporaneous debate surrounding Thomas Jefferson's relationship with his slave Sally Hemings except
a. rumors that Jefferson fathered her mulatto children were used by his political opponents to discredit him in the 1800 presidential election.
b. Jefferson consistently denied having had a sexual relationship with Sally Hemings throughout his life.
c. as late as the 1870s, one of Sally's children claimed that his mother identified Jefferson as the father of her five children.
d. in the late 20th century, DNA evidence showed a high probability that Jefferson fathered Sally's youngest son.
e. today, most scholars believe that Jefferson fathered only one of Hemings children; the other four had other fathers.
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