Week 23 Immigration

Which factor accounts for this trend?

• The Second Great Awakening motivated people to join reform movements
• Manifest Destiny inspired many people to become homesteaders
• Jacksonian Democracy allowed more people to vote in elections
• The Industrial Revolution encouraged people to pursue jobs in cities

In the 1840s, thousands of Irish immigrants came to the United States seeking to escape -

• a civil war between Protestants and Catholics
• a famine caused by the failure of a staple food crop
• a series of violent conflicts between the British and Irish governments
• a series of smallpox epidemics

Which factor encouraged more immigrants to settle in northern states than southern states during the mid-nineteenth century?

• Northern states had lower population densities
• Citizenship requirements in southern states were not as strict
• Southern states had smaller industrial sectors
• Governments in northern states were less corrupt

This list describes the nineteenth century experiences of immigrants from -

• Italy
• China
• Germany
• Japan

Which group was responsible for these contributions to American culture?

• Chinese Americans
• African Americans
• German Americans
• Italian Americans

One result of the trend shown in this table was the --

• Expansion of available labor
• Creation of specialized trade guilds
• Decrease in educational opportunities for women
• Increase in production costs for manufacturers

Which of these was a primary reason Chinese immigrants came to the US in the early 1850s?

• To seek gold
• To purchase inexpensive farmland
• To avoid a plague
• To escape religious persecution

Between 1846 and 1855 the population of Ireland decreased by a third, including the approximately 1.5 million Irish immigrants who left for the United States. What was the primary reason for this immigration?

• Massive unemployment resulting from British occupation
• Political unrest during an economic recession
• Famine caused by a major crop failure
• Civil war between Catholics and Protestants

Which quotation from this letter reveals the main reason for the surge in Irish immigration to the United States in the mid-nineteenth century?

• “I am exceedingly well pleased at coming to this land of plenty.”
• “I would advise all my friends to quit Ireland… “
• “What you labour for is sweetened by contentment and happiness…. “
• “There is no failure in the potato crop….”

Which pull factor accounted for much of Chinese immigration to the US in the mid-1800s?

• An opportunity for free land in the Midwest
• The prospect of religious freedom
• An economic boom in the West
• The possibility of a free education