Immigration

Why did doctors examine immigrants?

• To make sure they didn't spread an illness
• To give them medicine
• To track growth rates
• To give shots

In the late 1800's, which is NOT a reason people left their homelands?

• Famine

• Poverty

• War

• Weather

What was the reason people came to Ellis Island and eventually America?

• They wanted more freedom.
• They were looking for jobs.
• They suffered famine and war in their own country
• All of these are reasons they came to America.

Immigrants began to assimilate into American society which became known as a ______.

• Salad Bowl

• Melting Pot

• acculturation

• pull factor

In assimilating to American culture, immigrants learned English, adopted American customs, and became American citizens.

• True

• False

What was the main contribution that Chinese immigrants made to American industrial growth?

• provided workers for Coal Mining

• expanded Textile Manufacturing

• pioneered Steel manufacturing

• helped build the Transcontinental Railroad

Chinatown, Barrios, and Little Italy are examples of this thing?

• Restaurants

• Ethnic neighborhoods

• Tourist destinations of the early 1900's

• TV Shows

Which of the following did NOT happen at Ellis Island?

• Immigrants had a physical exam.

• Immigrants were quarantined for potential diseases.

• Immigrants attended classes on speaking english.

• Immigrants had a mental exam.

Which of the following was a PULL factor that encouraged people to immigrate to the United States?

• religious persecution

• overcrowding

• political unrest

• Factory jobs

What is the airless room below deck on a ship, where most immigrants stayed when traveling to the U.S.?

• Steerage

• Port

• Starboard

• Stern