The New Immigrants

The New Immigrants

11th - 12th Grade

10 Qs

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The New Immigrants

The New Immigrants

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 mins • 1 pt

The “new” immigrants differed from the “old” immigrants in their

nations of origin.

reasons for leaving home.

reasons for coming to the United States.

likelihood of being “chain immigrants.”

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 mins • 1 pt

Why did many immigrants to the United States have such an optimistic spirit?

The voyage was usually an easy and encouraging one.

Most immigrants were well-prepared and financially secure upon arrival.

They believed better economic and personal opportunities awaited them.

U.S. immigration policies welcomed people from all countries and backgrounds.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 mins • 1 pt

The goal of the Americanization movement was to

help new immigrants assimilate to American culture.

protect American jobs by supporting immigration restrictions.

restrict social services and financial assistance to new Americans.

encourage the acceptance of immigrant traditions into American society.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 mins • 1 pt

What did immigrants help the United States to become?

independent

a tolerant nation

a strong military power

an economic world power

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 mins • 1 pt

Before 1895, most immigrants came from

Asia.

Northern and Western Europe.

Latin America.

Southern and Eastern Europe.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 mins • 1 pt

What was one way that “new” immigrants of the late 1800s were unlike “old” immigrants?

“Old” immigrants usually lacked job skills, education, and monetary savings.

“New” immigrants shared relatively few cultural characteristics with native-born Americans.

“Old” immigrants were likely to immigrate alone, and “new” immigrants came in family groups.

“New” immigrants often came from northern and western Europe, and “old” immigrants came from Asia.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 mins • 1 pt

The most likely reason that Angel Island was not welcoming to Chinese immigrants was a result of

anti-Catholicism.

cultural prejudice.

overcrowding on the West Coast.

resistance to formal immigration policies.

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