Immigration
What was the name of the immigration processing station in New York Harbor?
Ellis Island
What name did Theodore Roosevelt give to journalists who exposed corruption?
Muckrakers
Which regions did most new immigrants come from in the late 19th and early 20th centuries?
Southern and Eastern Europe
Who exposed the unsanitary conditions of the meatpacking industry in The Jungle?
The Jungle
What 1882 law banned Chinese laborers from entering the U.S.?
Chinese Exclusion Act
How did muckraking journalism influence public policy?
It inspired reform laws and regulations to address the exposed issues
What 1924 law set immigration quotas favoring Northern Europeans?
Immigration Act of 1924 (National Origins Act)
What term describes anti-immigrant attitudes that influenced immigration laws?
Nativism