57. Businessmen during the Gilded Age of the late 19th century often favored relaxed immigration laws
because they
A. remembered their own immigrant heritage B. were advocates of multicultural education
C. were supporters of the temperance movement D. valued cheap and relatively unskilled labor
58. Which statement BEST describes American policy towards Native Americans in the late 19" century?
A. Native Americans generally settled where they wanted to
B. Most Native Americans fled to Canada for protection from US forces
C. Most Native Americans were practically forced to relocate to reservations
D. Native Americans pleaded with the government to create reservations for them
59. In an effort to deal with an increasing number of immigrants, in 1892, the US government
A. banned all immigrants from entering the country
B. required all immigrants to speak English
C. reduced the number of years required to become a US citizen
D. opened an immigration station on Ellis Island in New York City
60. The conflict that occurred at Wounded Knee in 1890 can BEST be described as
A. a massacre of the Sioux by US cavalry B. the last battle of the Civil War
firet hattle of the Civil War
na massacre of the US by the Sioux