AP®HistoryCollege BoardUS HistoryExam QuestionsPeriod 6: 1865-1898Responses to Immigration in the Gilded Age

Responses to Immigration in the Gilded Age (College Board AP® US History): Exam Questions

4 mins4 questions
11 mark
Historic sepia-toned photo of a group of people outside a building adorned with American flags and bunting, with a horse-drawn carriage on the right.
A photograph of Wladyslaw Kloski Inn, southeast corner of Noble and Division streets in Chicago, 1890

What does the above image most directly reflect about the Gilded Age?

  • The socioeconomic status of immigrants was justified by Social Darwinism

  • The bifurcation of American cities due to “new immigration”

  • The increased opportunities for leisure-time activities

  • The substandard tenement housing available to immigrant communities

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21 mark
Historic sepia-toned photo of a group of people outside a building adorned with American flags and bunting, with a horse-drawn carriage on the right.
A photograph of Wladyslaw Kloski Inn, southeast corner of Noble and Division streets in Chicago, 1890

Which of the following statements best represents the criticism of immigration in the Gilded Age represented in this image?

  • The promise of ‘rags-to-riches’ which attracted immigrants to America never materialized

  • ‘Birds of passage’ immigrants exploited America for seasonal migration

  • Newly arrived immigrants required significant support through schemes such as the settlement house movement

  • Immigrants failed to fully assimilate into U.S. culture by maintaining ethnic solidarity

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31 mark
Historic sepia-toned photo of a group of people outside a building adorned with American flags and bunting, with a horse-drawn carriage on the right.
A photograph of Wladyslaw Kloski Inn, southeast corner of Noble and Division streets in Chicago, 1890

The nativist argument against “new immigration” most originated from

  • Protestant Americans who feared the dilution of the American race

  • Catholic Americans who feared religious division within America

  • Italian immigrants who saw “new immigrants” as a threat to their ethnic communities

  • Indigenous people who resented immigrants confiscating their lands

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41 mark
Historic sepia-toned photo of a group of people outside a building adorned with American flags and bunting, with a horse-drawn carriage on the right.
A photograph of Wladyslaw Kloski Inn, southeast corner of Noble and Division streets in Chicago, 1890

The photograph, and the wider issue of immigration, were connected to which of the following developments in U.S. society in the 20th century? 

  • The Civil Rights movement

  • The progressive movement

  • The Prohibition movement 

  • The Great Migration

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