In the wake of the Brownsville Incident in 1904, President __________ discharged the black Twenty-fifth Infantry Regiment with no trial or right to appeal
A) William McKinley
B) Woodrow Wilson
C) Theodore Roosevelt
D) William Howard Taft
Answer: C
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Which of the following reflects the influence of nativism on American politics today?
a) Donald Trump’s campaign promises b) support for the California Dream Act c) opposition to Proposition 187 d) dismantling of the quota-based immigration system
Most of the immigrants that arrived from the Cantonese-speaking parts of southern China were
A. families in search of a new life in America. B. single young women seeking work as prostitutes. C. single young men bent on bringing wealth back home. D. single men hoping to start families in the U.S.
Like New York, the New Jersey colony
A. quickly developed a strong local government. B. had few slaves during its early existence. C. developed an important class of large landowners. D. was characterized by a unified and generally peaceful society. E. had great ethnic and religious diversity.
Opened in 1892, Ellis Island was a:
a. federal prison for immigrants who came to the United States with criminal records b. charitable hospital facility in New York's East River that treated unhealthy immigrants c. federal facility for processing recently arrived immigrants in New York Harbor d. state-run clearing house for immigrant-aid societies located in the Hudson River