USII.4B Immigration #1

All of the following are reasons immigrants arrived in the United States between 1870 and 1900 EXCEPT--

• escape from oppressive governments

• better climate

• religious freedom

• adventure

Which group gained power by helping new immigrants in the United States during the late 1800's?

• Settlement houses
• Big businesses
• Labor unions
• Political machines

What is the process in which immigrants become part of the American culture and American Indians become part of the white culture? 

• Assimilation
• Acceptance
• Conversion
• Nativism

1. Adventure
2. Escape from oppressive governments
3. Hope for better opportunities
4. Religious freedom
Which title best describes this list?

• Resources for the Development of cities
• Reasons for Westward Expansion
• Reasons for Increased Immigration to the United States
• Reasons Why Colonists Immigrated to Europe

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

The first stop for immigrants from China.

• Ellis Island
• Angel Island

Immigrants from Europe came here first.  They were taken by ferry boat here.

• Angel Island
• Ellis Island

Generally speaking Americans were happy to see large numbers of new Irish immigrants because they were seen as hardworking, law abiding citizens.

• True

• False

Why did immigrants choose to live in ghettos?

• It was cheaper and they could own their homes.

• They felt more comfortable living around people from their own country.

• They were the closest places to the docks where they arrived.

• It was where Tammany Hall offered them to live.