Chapter 6: South, Central and East European Americans

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 __________.

1896

__________ would be considered a "push" factor.

Tyrannical Governments

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

famine and poverty

Working conditions from 1880-1920 included __________.

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 ______

racism

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

Schools

The Haymarket affair resulted in __________.

7 people being sentenced to death

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

Immigration and Nationality Act

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

Job opportunities in industrial America

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

The new immigrants lacked an appreciation for law and order

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

Xenophobia

The 1911 Dillingham report concluded that __________.

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

The Dillingham Commission recommended what dominant group response pattern?

Legislative controls

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

Unrestricted immigration

__________ likely slowed upward mobility for Slavic immigrants.

Child labor

Slavic people practiced child labor because of __________.

Economic necessity

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

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 __________.

Family disorganization

Polish receptiveness to ethnogenesis is evidenced by their ___________.

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?

43%

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

Czarist army officers

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

Palmer raids

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

Ukraine

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

Hungarians

Hungarians became prominent through their __________.

participation in labor unrest

Today, third and fourth generation Italian Americans are __________.

attending colleges and universities in large numbers

Many Italians participated in __________ patterns.

shuttle migration

__________ is a Little Italy location.

Boston's North End

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

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

Italian immigrants continued to stress the value of __________.

Family Cohesion

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

Schools

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

Marginality

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

coffeehouse

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

The restaurant industry in the Untied States

The Greek-American community has long demonstrated __________.

a blend of pluralistic and assimilationist patterns

__________ would be likely in the Gypsy subculture.

Posing as another ethnicity to evade authorities

Gypsies in the United States today can be described best as __________.

a persistent subculture

Gypsies have kept their tribal codes and morals virtually unchanged in an urbanized and industrialized society by __________.

Remaining outside educational institutions

With regards to immigrant women and work, __________.

cultural norms dictated that married women should not work outside the home

With so massive and complex a migration and settlement pattern for the groups in this chapter __________ general assessment of acculturation and assessment is possible.

No

Which statement accurately gives the conflict perspective for immigrants working for low wages under harsh conditions?

Industrialists took advantage of them.

Interactionists suggest a main reason for calls for immigration restrictions was the __________.

Association of the social problems with the new arrivals

Functional analysis would emphasize the __________ with regard to immigration.

behavioral pathologies after an abrupt life change

Assimilation due to labor regulations, housing codes, acculturation, and upward mobility might all be emphasized from which theoretical viewpoint?

Functionalist

For __________ the accompanying problems with rapid development in the United States such as overcrowded tenements and social disorganization could all be traced back to the rapid pace of social change.

functionalists

Roger believes that any wave of immigrants will necessarily face a hard time at first, but that eventually things will calm down and social equilibrium will be restored. Roger is a __________.

Functionalist

Jack focuses on the use and abuse of power rather than on societal inability to cope with rapid change. He thinks racial and ethnic conflicts are simply struggles for power. Jack is a __________.

conflict theorist

Bill is imploring his fellow workers to strike, reminding them that the only way their immigrant ancestors achieved any social mobility was by force, not assimilation. Bill's interpretation of history is in line with __________ theory.

Conflict

At dinner the other night, Erik told Emily, "You know we never had all these problems with teenagers getting pregnant until we had so many people crossing the border illegally." __________ theorists would be inclined to focus on how Erik's statements, regardless of accuracy, helped to shape beliefs.

interactionist

__________ theorists put a lot of emphasis on how people construct images of other groups of people according to stereotypes and very limited knowledge.

Interactionist

Madison Grant argued that, among other faults, the new immigrants were stealing American women.

True

Settling in the oldest city sections, immigrants quickly conformed to the dominant culture.

False

The Haymarket affair was initiated by mostly nativist organizers.

False

The immigrants from southern, central and eastern Europe arrived in large enough numbers to be able to preserve some of their old-country culture.

True

The Johnson-Reed Act of 1924 was much less restrictive than The National Origins Quota Act of 1921.

False

Sojourners immigrated to America to earn money and then returned to their native land after a year or two.

False

By the 1980's, Polish American high school graduation was higher than all other European American groups.

True

The Displaced Persons Act called for the expulsion of any immigrant without familial ties in America.

False

A gemeinschaft society is regulated by custom and habit.

True

Many Russian Americans who had worked hard to achieve some economic security in the United States found themselves jobless and unable to find work after the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917.

True

The __________ hour workweek for low wages was common for unskilled immigrant workers.

84

__________and __________stood out from other immigrants because of large numbers, residential clustering, religions, languages, appearance, and cultural practices.

Italians, Jews

The new note in American nativism emphasized a racist claim of __________ for those with lighter skins, fairer hair, and earlier debarkation dates.

biological superiority

__________ fled to the Quaker colony of Pennsylvania in the 18th century.

Moravians(today's Czech Republic)

The values and forms of village life in rural Poland were partially reintegrated in the parish structure of the __________.

urban Roman Catholic Church

The first Russian immigrants were __________ originally from __________.

Mennonites, German

Mennonites from Russia made a valuable contribution to U.S. agriculture by introducing __________.

Turkish wheat

Despite __________, Sacco and Vanzetti were executed for robbery and murder in 1927.

someone else's confession

The use of __________and __________ to intervene in strikes by Irish workers is an example of interethnic conflict compatible with conflict theory.

Hungarians, Italians

From the interactionist standpoint, demands for immigration restrictions reflected the __________ of those who looked "different".

negative sterotyping