The New Immigrants

The NEW immigrants who came to the United States between1800 and 1880 were mainly from

• Russia

• Northern and Western Europe

• Southern and Eastern Europe

• Japan and China

Immigrants came to the United States for______

• economic opportunity
• fair treatment
• escape from poverty and oppression
• all of these

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

• a ticket in steerage cost more than other tickets
• a ticket in steerage cost less than other tickets
• allowed them to be with family
• it was against the law to be anywhere else

The purpose of Ellis Island and Angel Island was to _______

• inspect the immigrants before they could enter the united states

• teach immigrants english

• give immigrants information about housing

• educate immigrants on how to assimilate

Immigrants from Asia entered the united states by the West coast, through_________

• the statue of liberty

• Ellis island

• Angel island

• Settlement houses

People who resented new immigrants and blamed them for crime, unemployment and other problems were called __________

• Nativists
• Progressives
• Assimilists
• Native Americans

Most immigrants found work in___________

• Schools
• Churches
• Factories
• Farms

The law passed in 1882 that banned Chinese workers from coming to the united states was called________

• The Chinese inclusion Act
• The Chinese exclusion Act
• The Chinese workers agreement
• The Chinese dilemma

Most European Immigrants' first stop in the US was usually...

• Ellis Island

• a sweatshop

• a steel factory in Pittsburgh

• an auto factory in Detroit

Chinese workers were most likely to work...

• on railroads
• in sweatshops
• in auto factories 
• in grocery stores