South, Central, and East European Americans (chap 6) #1-35

The turning point when the total of immigrants from northern and western Europe was surpassed by the total from South, Central and Eastern Europe occurred in __________.

A) 1880

B) 1896

C) 1901

D) 1908

1896

__________ would be considered a "push" factor.

A) The promise of a better life

B) Low unemployment

C) Tyrannical governments

D) Familial ties

Tyrannical governments

In 1880-1920, migration "push" factors included __________.

A) disease

B) famine and poverty

C) democratic elections

D) the promise of a better life

famine and poverty

Working conditions from 1880-1920 included __________.

A) long hours and low wages

B) massive improvements in workers rights

C) labor by the elderly to support a youthful leisure class

D) high levels of unionization

long hours and low wages

According to Madison Grant's 1916 book, The Passing of the Great Race, the new influx of immigrants was faced with __________.

A) marginality

B) Anglo-conformity

C) racism

D) ethnic hegemony

racism

Many believed rapid Americanization of the newcomers could be best achieved through __________.

A) schools

B) churches

C) government

D) employment

schools

The Haymarket affair resulted in __________.

A) a renewed respect for immigrants

B) 7 people being sentenced to death

C) A fear of Catholics

D) an association of Americans as terrorists

7 people being sentenced to death

Use of a national-origins quota system ended when Congress passed the __________.

A) Immigration and Nationality Act

B) McCarran-Walter Act

C) Johnson-Reed Act

D) National Origins Quota Act

__________ was a migration "pull" factor in the 1800s.

A) Job opportunities in industrial America

B) Political upheaval at home

C) Harsh peasant life in Europe

D) Religious persecution

Job opportunities in industrial America

__________ was a part of the argument for Anglo-conformity in the excerpt from an early 20th century educator.

A) That new immigrants were overly self-reliant

B) That new immigrants lacked an appreciation for law and order

C) That new immigrants lacked an appreciation for racial and ethnic diversity

D) The new immigrants made it more difficult to keep conditions sanitary

That new immigrants lacked an appreciation for law and order

The Haymarket Affair in 1886 set in motion which dominant group response pattern?

A) Expulsion

B) Defiance

C) Segregation

D) Xenophobia

Xenophobia

The 1911 Dillingham report concluded that __________.

A) "Old" immigrants had tended to congregate and slow the immigration process

B) All immigration should be restricted, without exception

C) "New" immigrants were likely to accept a low standard of living

D) Stemming hate crimes toward immigrants would require severe legal penalties

"New" immigrants were likely to accept a low standard of living

The Dillingham Commission recommended what dominant group response pattern?

A) Legislative controls

B) Forced assimilation

C) Segregation

D) Expulsion

Legislative controls

Henry Pratt Fairchild considered __________ a "threat to the very fabric of society".

A) tight quotas on immigration

B) the Haymarket affair

C) sociology

D) unrestricted immigration

unrestricted immigration

__________ likely slowed upward mobility for Slavic immigrants.

A) Their backgrounds in factory labor

B) Child labor

C) Focus on education instead of work

D) Low rates of intermarriage

Child labor

Slavic people practiced child labor because of __________.

A) a value orientation that children were miniature adults

B) a value orientation about early vocational training

C) economic necessity

D) the unavailability of schools for their children

economic necessity

Polish peasants viewed education as a waste of time. After the second generation, though, Poles __________.

A) trailed behind other groups in terms of upward mobility

B) had an increase in upward mobility

C) experienced stability, pride, and status competition

D) began experimenting with homeschooling

had an increase in upward mobility

The study of Polish Americans by Thomas and Znaniecki showed that delinquency, divorce, prostitution, and crime were the result of __________.

A) a vigorous ethnic community

B) family disorganization

C) a strong desire to assimilate

D) deviant religious values

family disorganization

Polish receptiveness to ethnogenesis is evidenced by their ___________.

A) rigid sense of cultural norms

B) formation of strong ethnic associations

C) willingness to live in poverty

D) strict moral standards in the schools

rigid sense of cultural norms

Of the approximately 3 million Russians who arrived in the United States from 1881 to 1920, approximately how many were Jewish?

A) 25%

B) 34%

C) 43%

D) 58%

43%

Immigrants following the Bolshevik Revolution were most likely to be __________.

A) Czarist army officers

B) peasants

C) working class people

D) extremely poor

Czarist army officers

__________ is/are closely associated with the xenophobic reaction to Russian immigrants.

A) The assassination of President McKinley

B) Lynch mobs

C) Palmer raids

D) The Teapot Dome scandal

Palmer raids

Which country has led all former-Soviet republics and Russia in U.S. immigration since 1992?

A) Kazakhstan

B) Byelorussia

C) Ukraine

D) Uzbekistan

Ukraine

The epithet "honky" evolved from an ethnophaulism for what group?

A) Hungarians

B) Gypsies

C) Italians

D) Russians

Hungarians

Hungarians became prominent through their __________.

A) productivity in farming

B) participation in labor unrest

C) failure to settle in ethnic clusters

D) anti-labor activity

productivity in farming

Today, third and fourth generation Italian Americans are __________.

A) absent from the professional fields

B) attending colleges and universities in large numbers

C) experiencing downward mobility

D) being drawn back to Italy

attending colleges and universities in large numbers

Many Italians participated in __________ patterns.

A) shuttle migration

B) push migration

C) train migration

D) permanent migration

shuttle migration

__________ is a Little Italy location.

A) Boston's North End

B) South Dallas

C) The area to the southeast of Chicago's loop

D) All of Philadelphia

Boston's North End

__________ was/were a hindrance to upward mobility for Italian immigrants.

A) High education standards in Italy

B) Dominant group acceptance

C) The decision of many families to remain in a Little Italy for long periods of time

D) Second-generation desires to assimilate

The decision of many families to remain in a Little Italy for long periods of time

Italian immigrants continued to stress the value of __________.

A) individual achievement

B) educational achievement

C) family cohesion

D) formal education

family cohesion

__________ might have drawn second-generation Italian adults to la via nuova.

A) Schools

B) Religion

C) The homeland

D) Family traditions

Schools

__________ identifies the status of second-generation Italian-Americans prior to 1940.

A) Marginality

B) Rapid upward mobility

C) Geographic dispersion

D) College-educated

Marginality

An important social center for the Greek community was the __________.

A) village

B) marketplace

C) saloon

D) coffeehouse

coffeehouse

What factor most likely would have encouraged some Greek immigrants to stay in the United States?

A) The Greek dowry system

B) The restaurant industry in the United States

C) The male-female ratio of Greek immigrants in the United States

D) A high valuation of endogamy

The restaurant industry in the United States

The Greek-American community has long demonstrated __________.

A) a blend of pluralistic and assimilationist patterns

B) low socioeconomic status

C) tightly clustered residential patterns

D) low value orientations about education

a blend of pluralistic and assimilationist patterns