Immigration in the Gilded Age

Lesson: Gilded Age Immigration

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Multiple Choice

Where did Asian immigrants arrive when they came to America?

• Angel Island

• Rhode Island

• Ellis Island

• Fools Island

Multiple Choice

What is the significance of Ellis Island?

• It was the place where most European immigrants settled.
• It was the place where most European immigrants passed through before they became citizens.
• It was the place where unwanted immigrants were sent by the U.S. government.
• It was the headquarters of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service.

Multiple Choice

Why did the new Immigrants of the latter part of the 19th century experience more discrimination than the wave of immigrants of the first part of the 19th century?

• They came from northern and western Europe

• They spoke languages that were different from English and were largely unskilled.

• Most of them settled on farms taking farm jobs away from citizens.

• Most of them easily adjusted to American life and Americans resented it.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes the "New Immigrants" of the late 19th and early 20th centuries?

• Northern and Western Europeans

• Southern and Eastern Europeans

• Mediterranean Races from Europe, Africa, and Asia

• Asians and Latin Americans

Multiple Choice

Who was the person who founded the settlement house (Hull House) for the Assimilation and Americanization of the immigrant poor?

• Elixabeth Cady Stanton
• Jane Addams
• Susan B. Anthony
• Belle Starr

Multiple Choice

What was the main reason for the rise of political machines?

• They bribed police officers to ignore crimes

• Nativists rigged elections in their favor

• Forced unions to keep factories open to low skilled workers

• Cities were overcrowded and couldn't get basic services needed for immigrants