Immigration/Western Expansion

Why was the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 passed?

• Because Americans hate Asians

• Because Americans were worried Chinese immigrants were taking their jobs
• Because Chinese immigrants were coming over illegally.

What is a Pull Factor?

• Moving to a country because of something good it has
• Leaving your country because of war
• Leaving your country because of drought
• Leaving your country due to famine

What is a push Factor

• Leaving your country due to War
• Coming to a country because of good soil
• Leaving a country because of famine
• Both A & C

Which of the following is an expression associated with "nativism"?

• Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses
• Immigrants have made America the great country that it is today
• America is for Americans

Chinese Americans contributed to which project that forever changed the American West?

• the Lewis and Clark Expedition
• the Pony Express
• the Transcontinental Railroad
• the Missouri Fur Company

Which of the following groups would have MOST supported unrestricted immigration to the United States?

• unskilled native-born workers
• urban nativists
• factory owners
• rural farmers

Which expression most accurately illustrates the concept of nativism?

• "America – first in war and peace"
• "Go West, young man."
• "Help Wanted – Irish Need Not Apply"
• "The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself "

Most immigrants went through this processing center in New York City

• Pearl Harbor
• Long Island
• Ellis Island
• Angel Island

Which of the following was a pull factor for America in the 1840s?

• Advanced Medical Care
• Crop Failures
• Abundant Land

What does the bowl represent?

• Food
• Idea that America is a melting pot
• Getting rid of Immigrants
• Chinese Exclusion act