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Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 
Which of the following is true of the Chinese Exclusion Act?
a.
It decreased Chinese immigration.
c.
It was agreed to by China and the United States.
b.
It resulted in segregated classrooms.
d.
It prohibited Chinese Americans from working in industrial jobs.
 

 2. 
The row house was a new type of housing that conserved space by
a.
rising ten or more stories high.
c.
sharing side walls with other buildings.
b.
including an indented middle section.
d.
being built around a park shared with other buildings.
 

 3. 
The main purpose of the dumbbell tenement was to
a.
improve slum conditions
c.
lessen the power of political machines.
b.
integrate lower class neighborhoods
d.
provide single-family homes for the middle class
 

 4. 
Settlement houses were founded in the late 1800s by
a.
social reformers.
c.
political machines
b.
new immigrants
d.
industrial workers
 

 5. 
The typical supporter of a political machine was all of the following except
a.
poor
c.
a factory worker
b.
urban
d.
opposed to immigration
 

 6. 
Tammany Hall was the name of
a.
a famous settlement house
c.
the New York City political machine
b.
the New York Customs House
d.
the federal courthouse in New York City
 

 7. 
An example of patronage would be
a.
bribing a government official
c.
saying one thing and doing another
b.
assassinating a public official
d.
appointing a friend to a political position
 

 8. 
Who used the power of the presidency to clean up the New York Customs House but was unable to get legislative support for civil service reform?
a.
Grover Cleveland
c.
Benjamin Harrison
b.
Chester A. Arthur
d.
Rutherford B. Hayes
 

 9. 
The Stalwarts were strong supporters of
a.
low tariffs.
c.
the spoils system
b.
high tariffs
d.
civil service reform
 

 10. 
President Garfield was assassinated by a man who wanted
a.
patronage.
c.
higher tariffs.
b.
lower tariffs
d.
civil service reform
 

 11. 
New immigrants arriving on the East Coast gained admission at Angel Island
a.
true
b.
false
 

 12. 
The term culture shock is used to describe the confusion and anxiety that many new immigrants experienced.
a.
true
b.
false
 

 13. 
The Pendleton Act authorized an independent civil service commission to make government appointments based on the spoils system
a.
true
b.
false
 

 14. 
Which of the following is true of the Gentlemen’s Agreement?.
a.
It decreased Japanese immigration.
c.
It caused anti-American rioting in Japan
b.
It resulted in segregated classrooms
d.
It prohibited aliens from working in industrial jobs.
 

 15. 
The original purpose of the row house was to
a.
alleviate slum conditions.
c.
provide inner-city housing for wealthy families
b.
integrate lower class neighborhoods
d.
provide single-family homes for working-class families
 

 16. 
Buildings called dumbbell tenements got their name from
a.
their shape.
c.
the haste with which they were constructed.
b.
the use to which they were put
d.
the exhausting demands made on the workers who built them
 

 17. 
Which of the following was the main interest of the social gospel movement?
a.
social reform
c.
religious reform
b.
political reform
d.
economic reform
 

 18. 
Which of the following groups was considered the natural ally of political machines?
a.
nativists
c.
the urban lower class
b.
native-born citizens
d.
the wealthy upper class
 

 19. 
Tammany Hall was run by a
a.
judge.
c.
political boss
b.
industrialist
d.
social reformer
 

 20. 
The purpose of patronage is to
a.
increase profits
c.
reward one’s supporters
b.
increase efficiency
d.
prevent power from being concentrated in one individual or group.
 

 21. 
The Stalwarts were strongly in favor of
a.
nativism
c.
civil service reform
b.
the spoils system
d.
harsh anti-graft measures
 

 22. 
Which of the following issues prompted the assassination of President Garfield?
a.
tariffs
c.
immigration
b.
kickbacks
d.
civil service reform
 

 23. 
Which president changed his ideas on civil service reform when he gained the presidency?
a.
Grover Cleveland
c.
Benjamin Harrison
b.
Chester A. Arthur
d.
Rutherford B. Hayes
 

 24. 
New immigrants arriving on the West Coast gained admission at Ellis Island.
a.
true
b.
false
 

 25. 
The Congress tried to slow down Chinese immigration by passing a law in 1882
a.
true
c.
Congress does not have control of immigration
b.
false
d.
Only the President can pass a law
 

 26. 
Which statement is true about Mexican immigration to the United States
a.
Most Mexicans would rather not immigrate to the U.S. in the early 1900’s
c.
There was very little immigration to the United States from Mexico prior to the 1950’s
b.
Most Mexicans immigrated to the U.S. for the money. There was no persecution of people by the Mexican government
d.
There was a great deal of immigration to the U.S. by Mexicans for many reasons in the early 1900’s
 

 27. 
Ellis Island was
a.
a hospital
c.
an army base
b.
a prison
d.
an immigration station
 

 28. 
The main immigration facility on the east coast was _____ while the main facility on the west coast was _____ .
a.
Angel Island - Ellis Island
c.
San Francisco Armory - New York Armory
b.
Ellis Island - Angel Island
 

 29. 
By controlling city jobs the political machine enhanced its
a.
image with the voters
d.
all of these
b.
political power
e.
none of these
c.
voter loyalty
 

 30. 
Boss Tweed
a.
was a political machine boss
d.
all of these are true
b.
was governor of New York
e.
none of these are true
c.
a New York church reformer
 

 31. 
Tammany Hall
a.
was the name for a New York reform group
c.
was a “gay nineties” music hall
b.
was a name for the New Youk political machine
d.
a sports arena
 

 32. 
The Tweed Ring
a.
was a group of honest business leaders in New York
c.
was a group of corrupt political machine leaders led by Boss Tweed
b.
was a group of Republicans loyal to Abraham Lincoln
d.
Boss Tweed’s poker playing buddies
 



 
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