Immigration

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

Where did European immigrants enter when they came to America?

• Ellis Island
• Rhode Island
• Alcatraz
• Angel Island

Immigration push factors are…

• reasons people come to a new place

• reasons people leave their homelands

• reasons people begin working

• reasons people stop working

Immigration pull factors are…

• reasons people come to a new place

• reasons people leave their homelands

• reasons people begin working

• reasons people stop working

What major event caused millions of Irish immigrants to come to the United States?

• World War 1
• The Irish Potato Famine
• The Civil War
• The Gold Rush

Immigrants came to America to escape

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

What is the term for the mixture of people of different cultures and races together into Americans?

• Mixing Bowl
• Angel Food Cake
• Fish Tank
• Melting Pot

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

• Ellis Island
• Angel Island
• Devil Island
• Alcatraz

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

• The Populists were successful in preventing immigrants from buying farmland.
• Rapid industrialization had created many job opportunities.
• Labor unions gave financial help to immigrants willing to work in the factories.
• Most immigrants had lived in cities in their native countries.

In late nineteenth century America, recent immigrants made up a large portion of the population of big cities, such as New York and San Francisco. Which of the following best describes why immigrants in these cities established their own separate neighborhoods, such as New York's Little Italy and San Francisco's Chinatown?

• They did so in order to ensure that they were able to receive high wages and benefits for factory work.
• They did so in order to establish their own political parties that could influence both local and state government.
• They did so in order to continue practicing the traditions that they brought over from their home countries.
• They did so in order to build and open their own factories that could compete with others in the city.