Immigration

Most immigrants on the East Coast were processed where?

• Washington, D.C.
• Ellis Island
• Angel Island
• Baltimore

19th century Chinese immigrants are known for what?

• Work in building the Transcontinental Railroad
• Work in New York factories
• Contributions to the steel industry
• Contributions to John D. Rockefeller

What processing station did Immigrants go through on the WEST coast?

• Ellis Island
• Angel Island
• Devil Island
• Alcatraz

The United States experienced a period of greatly increased immigration in the mid-nineteenth century. In particular, there was a surge in the number of Irish immigrants. Why did Irish immigration increase during the mid-nineteenth century?

• the end of the Napoleonic Wars
• the Irish won their independence from the United Kingdom
• the Great Potato Famine in Ireland
• the spread of the Plague in Ireland

Which idea led to a rise in anti-immigrant groups and a demand for immigration restrictions?

• Melting Pot
• Birds of Passage
• Nativism
• All of the above

What is the Quota System?

• A system created to limit the number of immigrants who could be in America
• The end of the Civil War
• The Basic rules of Immigration
• The first rule of immigration

What is a tenement?

• A new form of transportation
• Poorly built, overcrowded apartment buildings
• The end of immigration
• A revolutionary war in Africa

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What was the Chinese Exclusion Act?

• Letting Chinese in America with open arms
• Banning Chinese people from immigrating to the United States for 10 years
• The Europeans taking over China
• Italians Immigrating to China

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Immigrants came to America to escape

• religious persecution
• famine
• poor economies
• all of the above

Where were most immigrants from?

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