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excerpt from how the other half lives, by jacob a. riis, 1890

the truth is that pauperism grows in the tenements as naturally as weeds in a garden lot. a moral distemper, like crime, it finds there its most fertile soil. all the surroundings of tenement-house life favor its growth, and where once it has taken root it is harder to dislodge than the most virulent of physical diseases. the thief is infinitely easier to deal with than the pauper, because the very fact of his being a thief presupposes some bottom to the man. granted that it is bad, there is still something, a possible handle by which to catch him. to the pauper there is none. he is as hopeless as his own poverty.

this passage was written by a journalist that would best be described as a

a) populist.
b) muckraker.
c) propagandists.
d) freelance writer.

"that on the first day of january, in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the united states, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; and the executive government of the united states, including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons, and will do no act or acts to repress such persons, or any of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom."

--abraham lincoln, 1863

what effect did this statement from abraham lincoln have on the nation?

a) it freed the slaves in the rebellious states.
b) it resulted in south carolina seceding from the union.
c) it brought about the surrender of the confederate states.
d) it freed cherokee and creek indians who had been forcibly placed on reservations.

"their places could and should be filled with worthier immigrants—europeans, who would take the oath of allegiance to the country, work both for themselves and for the commonwealth, fraternize with us, and, finally, become a part of us. all things considered, i cannot perceive what more right or business these semi-barbarians have in california than flocks of blackbirds have in a wheat field; for, as the birds carry of the wheat without leaving any thing of value behind, so do the
confucians gather the gold, and take it away with them to china, without compensation to us who opened the way to it."

- excerpt from "land of gold" by hinton rowan , 1855, describing his views on immigration in the 1840's-1850's

using the prompt, what nativist law was passed in response to widespread immigration to the united states?

a) dawes severalty act
b) irish exclusion act
c) chinese exclusion act
d) immigration quota act of 1924