Immigrants

What group of immigrants increased tremendously between 1880 and 1920?

• People from eastern and southern Europe

• People from South America

• People from northern and western Europe

• People from southern Africa

Europeans who came to the United States after 1880 have been described as "New Immigrants" mainly because they

• were considered smarter than earlier immigrants

• arrived before the Civil War

• Came from a different group of countries than earlier immigrants

• flew here by plane

During the late 1800's and early 1900's prejudice against "new" immigrants increased because mainly these immigrants

• Came from cultural backgrounds very different from that of the majority of Americans

• tried to replace American democracy with their own forms of government

• formed their own labor unions in order to receive higher wages

• had job skills superior to those of most American workers

The fact that family and friends were already in the United States

• pulled people to immigrate to the United States

• pushed people out of their native countries

• pulled people away from freedom and better lives

• pushed people to join in revolutions

Where is the poem "New Colossus" found

• Plymouth Rock

• Lincoln Memorial

• Statue of Liberty

• Independence Hall

In 1892 the United States government opened Ellis Island primarily to

• process immigrants arriving from overseas

• Defend New York City from attack

• check the safety of imported products

• serve as the first federal prison in New York State

Immigrants arriving to the United States at the end of the 1800's

• found little demand for unskilled workers

• generally moved to the farms

• spoke good English

• lived in poor neighborhoods

In the period from 1890 to 1910 most immigrants from eastern and southern Europe settled in large cities of the eastern United States primarily because

• farmland had become very scarce

• factory jobs were available for unskilled workers

• There was much less discrimination in those cities

• they came mainly from large cities in their home countries

Settlement houses were set up to

• pass building codes

• create parks and zoos

• design new water systems

• help the poor in the cities

What were sweatshops

• places to get exercise

• poorly lit unsafe garment factories

• newspaper printing plants

• jobs that banned immigrant labor