When immigrants reached Ellis Island, all of the following statements occurred EXCEPT:
a) Immigrants who appeared sick were separated and held for further examination.
b) Complicated European names were often simplified to shorter Anglo-Saxon forms.
c) If the quota for their ethnic group had been met, they were immediately loaded on to the ship to be sent back.
d) They were asked a barrage of questions about their character, politics, skills, money, and family status.
e) Most immigrants were allowed to leave the island after 24 hours.
c
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a. full employment. b. security and stability. c. uncertainty and transition. d. worsening conditions and lower wages.
At the Battle of Yorktown
a. the British won. b. the British held numerical superiority. c. Washington’s army was larger than Cornwallis’s. d. Washington turned near-disaster into victory. e. Cornwallis refused to cooperate with the nearby British fleet.
By the eighteenth century, ____ had replaced ____ as the cloth of choice for most Japanese.
A. silk; leather B. silk; wool C. wool; cotton D. silk; cotton E. cotton; hemp
In the Victorian code of morality, ________
A) children were active participants in family life B) wives were to be acknowledged as equal partners to their husbands C) moral values were less important than economic values D) strict standards of behavior should be followed E) young women could go out without a chaperone