Immigration push factors are…

reasons people leave their homelands

reasons people come to a new place

Immigration pull factors are…

reasons people come to a new place

reasons people leave their homelands

Why were so few Chinese immigrants allowed to come to the United States?

The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

The voyage was too far and expensive

During the period from 1880 to 1910, why did the majority of immigrants to the United States settle in urban areas in the North?

Rapid industrialization had created many job opportunities.

The Populists were successful in preventing immigrants from buying farmland.

Labor unions gave financial help to immigrants willing to work in the factories.

Most immigrants had lived in cities in their native countries.

What is the Quota System?

A system created to limit the number of immigrants who could be in America

What was the Chinese Exclusion Act?

Banning Chinese people from immigrating to the United States for 10 years

Letting Chinese in America with open arms

The Europeans taking over China

the most basic and cheapest accommodations on a steamship

American Protective Association

What was the purpose of the quota system established by the Immigration Act of 1924?

to reduce immigration from specific regions

to prevent illegal entry into the country

to increase the number of skilled workers

to encourage immigration from Southern Europe

What was the most important reason immigrants traveled in the steerage section?

a ticket in steerage cost less than other tickets

a ticket in steerage cost more than other tickets

it was against the law to be anywhere else

Irish immigrants began coming in large numbers to the United States in the early to middle part of the 19th century. Which of the following reasons below best explains why they decided to leave their home country?

The continual failure of the potato crop, which led to widespread famine.

Abundant employment opportunities in the factories with decent wages.

The breakdown of a democratic form of government in their homeland.

The creation of the transcontinental railroad made immigration quicker and cheaper.

Which of the following quotes below best represents a pull factor that accounted for much of the Chinese immigration to the United States in the mid-19th century?

"There are many economic opportunities in the West because of the discovery of rich mineral deposits."

"There is an abundance of inexpensive land in the Midwest available for the cultivation of crops."

"There are many different religious buildings here and people are free to practice their religion freely."

"There is the opportunity to earn a good wage working in the factories in the Northeast."

According to the poem, what is the message that the Statue of Liberty sends from America to the world?

America welcomes all those who have suffered in other lands.

America is overpopulated with immigrants.

America is safe but will fight in many battles.

What is a theme of the poem "The New Colossus"?

America values welcoming immigrants with open arms.

Immigrants come to America mainly for safety concerns.

Immigrants forget their old customs when they come to America.

People who immigrate to new countries must work hard and have strong resilience.

In the late 1800s and early 1900s, what was the difference between "new" immigration and "old" immigration?

"Old" immigrants were from western Europe, and "new" immigrants were from eastern and southern Europe.

"Old" immigrants were from South America, and "new" immigrants were from Africa.

Old" immigrants were from Asia, and "new" immigrants were from South America.

"Old" immigrants were from eastern and southern Europe, and "new" immigrants were from western Europe.

What does immigration mean?

The action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country.

What is an immigrant?

Someone who moves to a different country permanently.

Someone who stays in their country forever.

Someone who can juggle three balls for a long period of time.

The steerage part of a ship

were cheap tickets on a ship for immigrants

was for wealthy passengers only

persecuted people for their religion

persecuted people for their ethnicity

Ellis and Angel Island were both

centers of shipping and industry

What is an ethnic group

People with the same cultural backgrounds

People who are not American citizens

Everyone living in a particular country

Why did unregulated immigration end in 1924?

US passed Quota laws limiting immigration

People didn't want to come to the US anymore

Countries wouldn't allow citizens to leave for the US

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30 sec • 1 pt

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

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did immigrants often live in neighborhoods with others from their homelands?

It was illegal to live anywhere else

They didn't want to be in the US

It made their adjustment to their new life easier

No other housing was avaliable

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Give examples of immigrant "push" factors.

Promise of a better life

War or religious persecution

Religious Freedom

Better opportunities

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How did immigrants decide to settle where they did?

They settled in warmer climates

They settled near water

They settled by people of similar ethnic backgrounds

They settled where immigrant officials sent them

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Where did European immigrants enter when they came to America?

Ellis Island

Rhode Island

Alcatraz

Angel Island

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Immigration

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

How was Angel Island different from Ellis Island?

Why did immigrants often live in neighborhoods with others from their homelands?

What challenges did immigrants face in the US?

Give examples of immigrant "push" factors.

How did immigrants decide to settle where they did?

Where did European immigrants enter when they came to America?

Where did Asian immigrants arrive when they came to America?

Immigration push factors are…

Immigration pull factors are…

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