Which act set limits for people from each country outside the Western Hemisphere
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
National Origins Act of 1929
Literacy Test Act of 1917
National Origins Act of 1924
Who was a Founding Father of the United States known for his roles in writing and publishing, creating inventions, contributing to the Declaration of Independence and the U.S Constitution, and serving as a diplomat to other countries?
Benjamin Franklin
Henry Ford
Samuel L. Clemens
Thomas A. Edison
He was an Ambassador, Secretary of State, and Vice President before he became the third President of the United States.
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Abraham Lincoln
This honest man taught himself and became a lawyer and a Congressman from Illinois
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
John F. Kennedy
John Adams
George Washington was the first President of U.S. from?
1789 to 1800
1789 to 1795
1789 to 1796
1789 to 1792
He was against salvery but wanted the states of the North and South to work together as a nation
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
John F. Kennedy
He was a man for the future, and one of his goals was to land a man on the moon before 1970
Abraham Lincoln
Thomas Jefferson
John F. Kennedy
Who made discoveries about polio and other diseases? His work led to a vaccine for yellow fever.
Lawrence Welk
Samuel L. Clemens
Benjamin Franklin
Hideyo Noguchi
In 1948, the U.S. began to admit war refugees. The ____________ allowed 500,000 war victims to immigrate to the United States.
Chinese Exclusion Act
National Origins Act
Displaced Persons Act
Literacy Test Act
The _________________ gave amnesty to many illegal aliens and allowed them to legalize their status. The law puts penalties on employers who hire employees without work authorization.
McCarran-Walter Act of 1952
Immigration Act of 1965
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
Displaced Persons Act of 1948
When did the U.S. begin to admit war refugees?
1975
1948
1966
1950
Who won a Nobel Peace Prize for his negotiations to end the Russo-Japanese War and spearheaded the beginning of construction on the Panama Canal?
Woodrow Wilson
William Howard Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
In 1952, the_____________ allowed small numbers of Asians to immigrate again. But the quota system still discriminated against non-Europeans.
National Origins Act
Displaced Persons Act
Chinese Exclusion Act
McCarran-Walter Act
The story of the westward growth of the United States was also the story of the destruction of _____
Native Americans or Indians
Hispanic-Americans
Asian-Americans
African-Americans
Which law was the first federal attempt to limit immigration by nationality?
Fulbright Act of 1946
Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
National Origins Act of 1924
His Emancipation Proclamation freed the slaves, but he was assassinated before he could vring the South back into the Union.
John F. Kennedy
Abraham Lincoln
Who led the battle for women's rights, esp. the right to vote and fought against slavery and for Black rights?
Clara Barton
Susan B. Anthony
Eleanor Roosevelt
As the sixteenth President, he used power that was not given by the Constitution when he led the northern states in the Civil War.
John F. Kennedy
John Adáms
Abraham Lincoln
When did the immigration of immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe begin?
in the 1860s
from the 1870s to the 1930s
in the 1820s
Who led the protests of field workers against grape and lettuce growers and began the United Farm Workers of America?
Cesar Chavez
Samuel L. Clemens
Samuel L. Clemens
Benjamin Franklin
Who was the wife of a President and worked for many causes and as a U.N delegate, she was a leader in the fight for human rights.
Susan B. Anthony
Eleanor Roosevelt
Clara Barton
Who loved nature and painted pictures of birds? There is a society named after him working to protect birds.
Hideyo Noguchi
John James Audubon
Lawrence Welk
Cesar Chavez
He did not think the U.S. sould have strong ties to other nations.
John Adams
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
John F. Kennedy
Why did America welcome more immigrants to the country?
Because they were moving west
All are correct
Because they needed more workers
to boost the economy and stimulate growth.
Who started the American Red Cross and worked to help the victims of wars and natural disasters?
Clara Barton
Eleanor Roosevelt
Susan B. Anthony
On what year did Abraham Lincoln become the sixteenth President?
1855
1861
1860
1865
He bought the Louisiana Territory for the U.S. from France.
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
John Adams
George Washington
Which act was the first national language restriction on immigration and was used as a means of excluding "undesirable" linguistic minorities?
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
National Origins Act of 1929
The Literacy Test Act of 1917
Who served as a military leader in the Revolutionary War?
John Adams
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
He tried to stop Communism with the Alliance for Progress and the Peace Corps and was against nuclear weapons.
John F. Kennedy
Jimmy Carter
Franklin D. Roosevelt
George Washington
Who was an automobile manufacturer and the first to sell cars with eight-cylinder engines?
Susan B. Anthony
Thomas A. Edison
Henry Ford
John James Audubon
Which agreement was the one between America and Empire of Japan whereby Japan would not allow further emigration to the United States and the United States would not impose restrictions on Japanese immigrants already present in the country?
Emancipation Proclamation of 1863
Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907
Treaty of Versailles of 1919
Who was the 26th President in 1901?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
William Howard Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Who wrote newspaper stories and spoke on issues such as the responsibility of the white man toward other peoples and was also the author of Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, and other famous stories?
Thomas A. Edison
Samuel L. Clemens
Duke Ellington
Henry Ford
When did the immigration of immigrants from Northern and Western Europe begin?
from 1620s
in the 1820s
from the 1870s to the 1930s
On what year did John F. Kennedy become the 35th President?
1965
1961
1963
1960
From 1620 to 1820 by far the largest group of people to come to the United States came, not as willing immigrants, but against their will. These people were______
Indians
Asian-Americans
The Native Americans
African-Americans
Thomas Jefferson was the third President of U.S. from?
1801 to 1808
1801 to 1815
1801 to 1809
1801 to 1810
Who are Hispanic-Americans?
Asians
People of Spanish or Spanish American origin
Europeans
West Africans
Before _____, the United States welcomed immigrants from all countries.
1880
1870
1865
1900
Which act had been set up to help Europeans? It also opened up largescale immigration from other parts of the world.
Immigration Act of 1965
National Origins Act of 1924
McCarran-Walter Act of 1952
Displaced Persons Act of 1948
He supported civil rights, fair housing, and programs to stop poverty, and he wanted more money for education and medical care for elderly people.
Jimmy Carter
Abraham Lincoln
John F. Kennedy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
This farmer and lawyer from Virginia was also a scientist, an inventor, a philosopher, and an architect, and he knew many languages.
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
In the 1980s, almost half of all immigrants were
African
Hispanic-Americans
European
Asian
The colonists trusted this farmer from the colony of Virginia because he did not want power for hímelf
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
John F. Kennedy
Benjamin Franklin
Many of his ideas (about equlity, "the consent of the governed", free press, and free speech) are basic principles of the government of the U.S.
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
What years were dominated by immigration from Italy?
1900 – 1919
1920 – 1939
1880 – 1899
1940 – 1959
This youngman Roman Catholic was President for only three years because he was assassinated in 1963.
Thomas Jefferson
John F. Kennedy
Abraham Lincoln
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