Immigration and Industrialization Quiz 2

Which of the following would be a push factor for emigrants?

• religious freedom

• economic opportunity

• poverty

• political freedom

Why did new immigrants face discrimination?

• they came through Ellis Island

• they formed unions

• they were paid higher wages

• their language and customs were different

Why did many manufacturers build factories in urban, or city, areas?

• there are a lot of people that need jobs in a city

• many people there spoke different languages

• they wanted to take advantage of cheap land

• they wanted to help cities grow

The main message of this poem that is found at the bottom of the Statue of Liberty is to

• welcome new immigrants into the U.S.

• investigating immigrants questions takes place here

• encouraging immigrants to go back to Europe

• stop the number of immigrants coming into the U.S.

Who is an immigrant?

• Person who moves to a country from another country

• Person who moves from one state to another state

• Person who works in the United States

• Person who leaves the United States

Immigrants who came to New York in the late 1800s and early 1900s came through ___________________.

• Ellis Island

• Angel Island

• Penn Station

• LaGaurdia

What national landmark is located near Ellis Island?

• Empire State Building

• Freedom Towers

• Statue of Liberty

• Pentagon

A poor immigrant traveled in the ________________ part of a ship.

• Upper Deck

• Lower Deck

• Middle Deck

• Steerage

People traveled to the United States looking for which of the following? Choose all that apply.

• Jobs

• Land

• A better Life

• Discrimination

The trip to Ellis Island was __________________ for the lower class.

• Comfortable and inexpensive 
• Dirty but comortable
• Dirty, crowded, and filled with diseases
• Enjoyable