Immigration Pretest

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

Where were most immigrants from?

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

Give examples of immigrant "push" factors.

• Promise of a better life

• War or religious persecution

• Religious Freedom

• Better opportunities

Where did European immigrants enter when they came to America?

• Ellis Island
• Rhode Island
• Alcatraz
• Angel Island

This group of immigrants settled in great numbers in the Midwest.

• Italians
• Germans
• Irish
• Russians

When Japan raised an angry protest at the segregation in schools of its emigrants, President Theodore Roosevelt worked out a deal called...

• National Agreement Act
• Japanese Agreement act
• Gentleman's Agreement 
• Civil Rights Act

Immigration led to growth in the ____ industry of Pittsburgh.

• steel

• meatpacking

• textile

• automobile

The Exclusion Act of 1882 was aimed at limiting immigration of what group of people?

• Irish

• Chinese

• Catholics

• Muslims