Industry and Immigration

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

• Ellis Island
• Angel Island
• Devil Island
• Alcatraz

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

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.

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.

Most immigrants on the East Coast were processed where?

• Washington, D.C.
• Ellis Island
• Angel Island
• Baltimore

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

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

In 1903, who made the first powered flight in an airplane they built themselves?

• George Washington Carver
• Thomas Edison
• Abraham Lincoln
• The Wright Brothers

Who invented a machine to transmit the human voice over wires (the telephone)?

• Alexander Graham Bell
• The Wright Brothers
• Benjamin Franklin
• Barack Obama

Who invented the first light bulb and electrical generating system in 1879?

• Susan B. Anthony
• Thomas Edison
• Alexander Graham Bell
• Abraham Lincoln