Immigration

Most immigrants on the East Coast were processed where?

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

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

19th century Chinese immigrants are known for what?

• Work in building the Transcontinental Railroad
• Work in New York factories
• Contributions to the steel industry
• Contributions to John D. Rockefeller

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

• Ellis Island
• Angel Island
• Devil Island
• Alcatraz

Which factor contributed most directly to the settlement and development of the Great Plains after the Civil War?

• hospitality of the Native American tribes inhabiting the region
• construction of railroads west of the Mississippi River
• freeing of slaves in the southern states
• influx of immigrants from eastern and southern Europe

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

• The Populists were successful in preventing immigrants from buying farmland.
• Rapid industrialization had 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 nineteenth century America, recent immigrants made up a large portion of the population of big cities, such as New York and San Francisco. Which of the following best describes why immigrants in these cities established their own separate neighborhoods, such as New York's Little Italy and San Francisco's Chinatown?

• They did so in order to ensure that they were able 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.

The United States experienced a period of greatly increased immigration in the mid-nineteenth century. In particular, there was a surge in the number of Irish immigrants. Why did Irish immigration increase during the mid-nineteenth century?

• 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 of the following caused the most prejudice against new immigrants in the United States during the late nineteenth century?

• Americans believed that immigrants were transient and would hurt the communities when they moved on again.
• The United States had tense relations with many of the nations from which the immigrants came.
• Heavy immigration caused overcrowding in rural areas and a rise in the price of cropland.
• Americans feared that immigrants would refuse to assimilate into American culture.

War, poverty, and discrimination are all examples of.......

• Pull Factors
• Push Factors
• Jump Factors
• Falling Factors