Immigrants and Tenement Housing

Who helped expose how terrible the living conditions were for Immigrants in America?

• Andrew Carnegie

• James Blackwell

• Jacob Riis

• Albert Smith

One major issue with tenement housing that led to the spread of diseases was....

• no central heat

• no air conditioning

• no house owners association

• no indoor plumbing

Jacob Riis took __________ that showed how poor the living conditions were for immigrants.

• rules

• amendments

• pictures

• lessons

Why were many Americans against immigrants?

• They thought the North would gain more states than the South

• They thought the North would be granted more seats in congress for representation.

• They viewed the immigrants as poor, uneducated, and that they were competition for jobs.

• None of the above.

What reasons did Immigrants come to America?(you can select more than one.)

• they were in search of a better life

• they were escaping famine

• they were escaping religious persecution

• they hated America

One of the toughest places that Immigrants lived was.....

• The Lower East Side, Manhattan

• Angel Island, New York

• Austin, Texas

• St. Paul, Minnesota

One major immigration station on the East side of the United States was....

• Ellis Island, New York

• Glendale, Arizona

• Lincoln, Nebraska

• Raleigh, North Carolina

One major immigration station on the West side of the United States was....

• Coral Gables, Florida

• Little Rock, Arkansas

• Angel Island, California

• Carson, Nevada

What type of Immigrants went through Angel Island immigration station?

• African American

• Polish

• Asian

• Danish

Many Irish Immigrants came to America to escape.....

• The War with Britain

• The War with Austria

• The potato famine

• no taxation without representation