Question 1

Which of the following is evidence of the manifestation of anti-immigrant hostility in the mid-to-late 1800s:

Accepted Answer

A)  Increase in nativism and xenophobia 
B)  Employment discrimination targeting certain immigrant groups 
C)  Passage of immigration restrictions 
D)  All of the above are evidence of anti-immigrant hostility of the era

Question 2

Most labor unions of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were racially integrated, adhering to the belief that a united labor force was a more powerful challenge to capitalism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The Indian Citizenship Act, which granted U.S. citizenship to all Indians, was the result of Indian demands that they be fully included in the U.S. as citizens.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Which of the following nations emulated the U.S. in their restrictive immigration legislation?

Accepted Answer

A)  Australia 
B)  Canada 
C)  South Africa 
D)  New Zealand

Question 5

In the mid-to-late 1800s, the United States experienced an immigration explosion that had dramatic consequences for the nation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

This organization became the most powerful black union and worked for labor rights for all black workers, as well as for basic civil rights for African Americans.

Accepted Answer

A)  Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters 
B)  IWW (Industrial Workers of the World) 
C)  United Mine Workers 
D)  United Auto Workers

Question 7

Describe similarities and differences between the racism and discrimination directed at African Americans and Native Americans versus that directed at European immigrants, particularly Irish and Jewish immigrants.

Accepted Answer

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Question 8

This event, in which over 300 Native Americans men, women, and children were killed, marks the end of the "Indian Wars" and Native American autonomy.

Accepted Answer

A)  Massacre at Wounded Knee 
B)  Custer's Last Stand 
C)  Ghost Dance 
D)  Sand Creek Massacre

Question 9

Which of the following immigrant groups of the late nineteenth century entered the United States with more education and industrial experience than other immigrant groups and the American population at large?

Accepted Answer

A)  Irish immigrants 
B)  Jewish immigrants 
C)  Chinese immigrants 
D)  Italian immigrants

Question 10

Sinophobia is a term to describe the fear and hatred of which group of people?

Accepted Answer

A)  Irish 
B)  Chinese 
C)  Jewish 
D)  African Americans

Question 11

Which of the following is NOT an example of African American resistance to racism, discrimination, and Jim Crow segregation?

Accepted Answer

A)  The formation of the NAACP 
B)  The emergence of an anti-lynching movement 
C)  An embrace of segregation as a form of black empowerment 
D)  The emergence of black labor organizing

Question 12

Dramatic social changes in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century resulted in a society in flux, where the social order could not be taken for granted, and where clashes between racial/ethnic groups intensified.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Which immigrant group was targeted for immigration restriction to this country due to their race and the view that they would never be able to successfully assimilate into American society?

Accepted Answer

A)  Irish 
B)  Germans 
C)  Chinese 
D)  Japanese

Question 14

The term 'Jim Crow' refers to which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  The American system of racial segregation in the post-Reconstruction and pre-Civil Rights era South 
B)  A character in a minstrel show 
C)  Both of the above 
D)  None of the above

Question 15

Which of the following groups of Americans were subjected to systematic attempts at forced assimilation by the U.S. government?

Accepted Answer

A)  Native Americans 
B)  Irish Americans 
C)  African Americans 
D)  Mexican Americans

Question 16

This African American woman was a teacher, journalist, activist, one of the founders of the NAACP, and became best known for her anti-lynching activism.

Accepted Answer

A)  Ida B. Wells 
B)  Jessie P. Daniels 
C)  Harriet Tubman 
D)  Mary White Ovington

Question 17

Which of the following Supreme Court cases declared segregation constitutionally protected, as long as "separate but equal" facilities were provided.

Accepted Answer

A)  Brown v. Board of Education 
B)  Plessy v. Ferguson 
C)  Dred Scott v. Sanford 
D)  Furman v. Georgia

Question 18

In the post-Civil War era, and again in the post-Reconstruction era, governments of the southern states began implementing legislation known as the _________, which were laws that restricted black freedom of movement, travel, and access to better jobs, and included complex and changing rules concerning appropriate racial etiquette and vagrancy laws that forced blacks to work or be incarcerated.

Accepted Answer

A)  Black Codes 
B)  Civil Codes 
C)  Restricted access legislation 
D)  Power-threat legislation

Question 19

Explain why a service occupation like that of sleeping car porter was such an important job for African American men.

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Exam 5: Race Relations in the 19th and 20th Centuries

Which of the following is evidence of the manifestation of anti-immigrant hostility in the mid-to-late 1800s:

Most labor unions of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were racially integrated, adhering to the belief that a united labor force was a more powerful challenge to capitalism.

The Indian Citizenship Act, which granted U.S. citizenship to all Indians, was the result of Indian demands that they be fully included in the U.S. as citizens.

Which of the following nations emulated the U.S. in their restrictive immigration legislation?

In the mid-to-late 1800s, the United States experienced an immigration explosion that had dramatic consequences for the nation.

This organization became the most powerful black union and worked for labor rights for all black workers, as well as for basic civil rights for African Americans.

Describe similarities and differences between the racism and discrimination directed at African Americans and Native Americans versus that directed at European immigrants, particularly Irish and Jewish immigrants.

This event, in which over 300 Native Americans men, women, and children were killed, marks the end of the "Indian Wars" and Native American autonomy.

Which of the following immigrant groups of the late nineteenth century entered the United States with more education and industrial experience than other immigrant groups and the American population at large?

Sinophobia is a term to describe the fear and hatred of which group of people?

Which of the following is NOT an example of African American resistance to racism, discrimination, and Jim Crow segregation?

Dramatic social changes in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century resulted in a society in flux, where the social order could not be taken for granted, and where clashes between racial/ethnic groups intensified.

Which immigrant group was targeted for immigration restriction to this country due to their race and the view that they would never be able to successfully assimilate into American society?

The term 'Jim Crow' refers to which of the following?

Which of the following groups of Americans were subjected to systematic attempts at forced assimilation by the U.S. government?

This African American woman was a teacher, journalist, activist, one of the founders of the NAACP, and became best known for her anti-lynching activism.

Which of the following Supreme Court cases declared segregation constitutionally protected, as long as "separate but equal" facilities were provided.

Explain why a service occupation like that of sleeping car porter was such an important job for African American men.