Progressive Era--Chapter 20

Southern and Eastern Europeans are known as 

• Old Immigrants
• 100 % English Speaking
• New Immigrants
• Just Farmers

The New Immigrants _______________ from their homelands to escape poverty, crop failures, and oppressive groups and governments.

• immigrated
• didn't move
• brought disease
• emigrated

Immigrants at Angel or Ellis Island had to get documented and pass a 

• medical exam.
• English exam.
• touchdown.
• test involving U.S. history.

The cheepest fare on the trip over to the U.S. was called _____________

• Carnival Cruise Line
• steerage
• the stern
• cramped quarters

Most European immigrants knew they had arrived in the U.S. when they saw

• the New York skyline.
• the Sears Tower.
• Boston Harbor.
• the Statue of Liberty.

Most immigrants found work in the large U.S. cities in cramped factories known as

• Triangle Shirtwaist.
• mom and pop stores.
• Wal-Mart.
• sweatshops.

Who had an easier time adjusting to the U.S.--kids or older adults?

• older adults
• kids
• neither
• both had an easy time

Why did most immigrants settle together once they arrived in the U.S.?

• To be around people who spoke the same language
• To be around people who had the same traditions
• To be around people who could help them find work or a home
• All of the answers are correct

The ____________ Movement was growing in America, as they stated that only those born in America should be in America.

• K.K.K.
• Non-Immigration
• Nativist
• Chinese

One of the strongest pieces of legislation at the time that limited immigrants to the U.S. was the Chinese ________________ Act.

• Getridof
• Immigration
• Nativist
• Exclusion