Immigration Summer School Quiz

What is a main reason immigrants came to the US in the late 1800s and early 1900s?

• Did NOT want religious freedom
• Hoped for economic opportunity (to make money)
• Wanted LESS diversity
• Wanted to live more simply

How was Angel Island different from Ellis Island?

• Main station for European immigrants
• Main station for Chinese immigrants
• Located on the EAST coast
• People were only there a few hours

What challenges did immigrants face in the US?

• They caught diseases
• Had trouble learning the language/faced prejudice
• Uncomfortable in the large homes in the US
• Difficult to study for the citizenship test

Where were most immigrants from?

• Italy
• Slavic Countries
• Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico
• Europe

The first stop for immigrants from China.

• Ellis Island
• Angel Island

Immigrants from Europe came here first.  They were taken by ferry boat here.

• Angel Island
• Ellis Island

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Immigrants faced this from native born Americans.  This means they were treated unfairly because of their race/ethnicity.

• diversity
• prejudice

The Statue of Liberty represented all of these EXCEPT what to immigrants?

• Freedom
• Excitement for a new life
• Opportunity to be successful
• Fear for a worse life

Why did the US decide to put a limit on immigration in 1924?

• The US was becoming hostile
• The US was discriminating
• The US had too many new citizens too quickly

Immigration push factors are…

• reasons people come to a new place
• reasons people leave their homelands
• reasons people begin working
• reasons people stop working

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