SAT II US History : Summary of U.S. Social History from 1790 to 1898
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Example Question #51 : U.S. Social History From 1790 To 1898
What were the two countries that contributed the most immigrants to the United States in the 19th century?
Russia and Italy
Germany and Ireland
England and France
Scotland and Mexico
Ireland and China
Germany and Ireland
During the 19th century, the Germans and the Irish were the largest immigrant populations in the United States. The Irish Potato Famine during the 1840s led to an increase in the already high Irish immigration numbers, and the 1848 revolutions in Germany led to an even greater increase in the already higher German immigration numbers. From 1840-1880 Germany supplied the greatest number of immigrants to the United States.
Example Question #52 : U.S. Social History From 1790 To 1898
Which of the following was not a social reform movement of the antebellum period?
Temperance movement
Sabbatarianism
Abolitionism
Women's rights movement
All of these were antebellum reform movements
All of these were antebellum reform movements
All four of these were social reform movements that began in the period before the American Civil War. Other reforms during the antebellum period include prison reforms, mental hospital reforms, education reforms, Protestant revivalism, and more.
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