Immigrants (5th Grade)

Which of the following caused the most prejudice against immigrants in the U.S. during the late 19th century?

• Americans believed immigrants were transients and would hurt communities when they moved
• The U.S. had tense relations with many of the nations from which immigrants came
• Immigration caused overcrowding in rural areas and a rise in the price of cropland
• Americans feared that immigrants would refuse to assimilate to American culture

Which immigrant group settled in the northeast of the U.S. like New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Illinois in the late 1800s and early 1900s?

• West African
• South American
• Southeast Asian
• Eastern European

What attracted immigrants to the Great Plains during the 1800s?

• large, urban immigrant communities
• the prospect of servitude
• job opportunities building railroads and farmland
• a booming, oil-driven economy

Why were Chinese immigrants prevented from entering the U.S. from 1882 to 1892?

• China and the U.S. were at war with each other
• They wanted to gain wealth and take it to their homeland
• Japan persuaded the U.S. to exclude Chinese immigrants
• Some believed they appeared unwilling to adapt to American culture

Which of the following was NOT something that new immigrants often found when they moved to the U.S. in the late 19th century?

• More political freedom
• Better living conditions
• More religious freedom
• More economic opportunities

What attracted millions of European immigrants to the U.S. during the Gilded Age?

• rising wages for skilled workers
• the promise of religious freedom
• newly created social welfare programs
• opportunities for greater political participation

How did immigration during the LATE 19th century differ from the late 18th and EARLY 19th century?

• Fewer immigrants from China and East Asia
• More immigrants from Africa and the Middle East
• More immigrants from Mexico and South America
• Fewer immigrants from England and Northern Europe

Immigrants from southern and Eastern Europe primarily settled in cities along the east coast while Chinese immigrants typically settled in the 

• northern cities
• rural South
• American west
• Midwest

Immigrants from southern and Eastern Europe primarily settled in cities along the east coast while Chinese immigrants typically settled in the 

• northern cities
• rural areas of the South
• American West
• Midwest

Which of the following led to a significant increase in Chinese immigration to the U.S. in the second half of the 19th century?

• the discovery of oil in Texas
• the industrialization of the South 
• the discovery of gold in California
• the expansion of farms in the North