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Industry and Immigration

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5th - 7th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What processing station did Immigrants go through on the WEST coast?

Ellis Island
Angel Island
Devil Island
Alcatraz

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What is the term for the mixture of people of different cultures and races together into Americans?

Mixing Bowl
Angel Food Cake
Fish Tank
Melting Pot

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

During the period from 1880 to 1910, why did the majority of immigrants to the United States settle in urban areas in the North?

There was not farmland left to buy.
Rapid industrialization created many job opportunities.
Labor unions gave financial help to immigrants willing to work in the factories.
Most immigrants had lived in cities in their native countries.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

In late 1800s in America, recent immigrants made up a large portion of the population of big cities, such as New York and San Francisco. Why did they often choose to live in neighborhoods with other immigrants, such as New York's Little Italy and San Francisco's Chinatown?

They did so to receive high wages and benefits for factory work.
They did so in order to establish their own political parties that could influence both local and state government.
They did so in order to continue practicing the traditions that they brought over from their home countries.
They did so in order to build and open their own factories that could compete with others in the city.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Most immigrants on the East Coast were processed where?

Washington, D.C.
Ellis Island
Angel Island
Baltimore

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

The United States experienced a period of greatly increased immigration in the mid-1800s. Why were so many immigrants from Ireland?

the end of the Napoleonic Wars
the Irish won their independence from the United Kingdom
the Great Potato Famine in Ireland
the spread of the Plague in Ireland

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Which statement about working conditions is NOT true?

Children often worked long hours 
Immigrants were often paid less than American workers
Many jobs were dangerous & had few safety concerns
Immigrants caused a shortage of jobs

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