Immigration

Immigration pull factors are…

• reasons people come to a new place
• reasons people leave their homelands
• reasons people stay in their homeland
• reasons people begin wars

Immigration push factors are…

• reasons people come to a new place
• reasons people leave their homelands
• reasons people stay in their homeland
• reasons people start wars

Immigration inspection site was located on the East Coast and opened in 1892.

• Angel Island
• The Statue of Liberty
• Ellis Island
• New York City

Where did most immigrants live? 

• Small farming communities
• Various suburbs
• Large ethnic cities
• Isolated islands near the ocean

To get to America, Europeans traveled

• West across the Pacific Ocean
• East across the Pacific Ocean
• West across the Atlantic Ocean
• East across the Atlantic Ocean

What was the steerage section of the boat?

• Where the captain works
• Most basic and cheapest section of the ship
• Most comfortable part of the ship
• Top deck of a ship

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 "

Who immigrated to Angel Island?

• Mexican
• Chinese
• Italian
• Jewish

Person who flees their home or country to escape war, persecution or other dangers

• Refugee
• Nativist
• Escapee
• Exile

They came to America to escape the potato famine

• Chinese
• Irish
• German
• Jews