US Immigration in general

Immigrants came to America to escape

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

Which is NOT a reason people left their homelands?

• Famine
• Poverty 
• War
• Weather

What was one factor that led to the creation of large ethnic neighborhoods in most American cities in the early 1900s?

• Immigrants were assigned housing by the federal government that worked to create ethnic neighborhoods. 
• Immigrants could not afford to live in the cities so they were forced to live in the countryside. 
• Immigrants felt more comfortable living with or around people of the same ethnicity.
• Immigrants were not able to live anywhere except neighborhoods that were assigned by ethnicity.

How did population change in the late 1800s?

• People moved to farms
• Many people moved south
• Immigrants went west for farms
• Immigrants settled in cities

What were 3 reasons that caused immigrants to come to leave Europe?

• economic prosperity

• religious persecution

• rising population

• to establish a new country

• revolution in Europe

What attracted many Asians to the United States in the late 1800s?

• repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Act

• the desire for free land

• jobs with American railroad companies

• the Gentlemen’s Agreement

Which of the following are reasons for the increase in immigration after the Civil War?

• Hope to live in a Ghetto, Religious Freedom, Desire to Escape the Political Machine
• Hope for better opportunities, Religious Freedom, Escape from Oppressive Governments
• Escape from Oppressive Governments, Desire for Adventure, Religious Freedom
• Hope for better opportunities, Escape from Oppressive Governments, Desire for Adventure

Between 1865 and 1915, how many immigrants entered the United States?

• 2 million

• 200 million

• 25 million

• 250,000

Where did the majority of the new immigrants settle?

• small towns

• rural areas

• suburbs

• big cities

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.