Immigrants and Urbanization - The New Immigrants

The immigrants known as the "birds of passage" would:

• temporarily immigrate to earn money, then return home

• wait for approval in Ellis Island

• wait for approval at Angel Island

• would permanently immigrate to the United States

Which of the following countries did immigrants NOT primarily come from to the United States after 1890?

• Italy

• Ireland

• Austria-Hungary

• Russia

What was the processing center in the New York harbor that European immigrants would come through to enter the United States?

• Angel Island

• San Francisco

• Ellis Island

• Chesapeake Bay

Chinese Immigrants that came to the United States during the 1800s to the United States especially during the Gold Rush, primarily held which of the following positions?

• farmers

• miners

• domestic workers

• all of the above

What was the processing center in San Francisco that Chinese and Japanese immigrants came through to enter the United States that was plagued by abuses?

• Angel Island

• LAX

• Ellis Island

• Chesapeake Bay

What is a mixture of people of different cultures and races who blended together by abandoning their native languages and customs?

• assimilation

• melting pot

• dispersion

• nativism

During the early periods of the "melting pot" of the late 1800s, what grew as immigration grew?

• pro-immigrant feelings

• emigration

• anti-immigrant feelings

• peace

What is the idea of favoritism to native born Americans?

• immigration

• assimilation

• emigration

• nativism

What group of people was the anti-immigrant sentiment primarily growing in during the late 1800s in the United States?

• Anglo-Saxons

• Chinese

• Russians

• Italians

What banned all Chinese immigrants to enter the United States except for students, teachers, and other select groups?

• Gentlemen's Agreement

• Chinese Exclusion Act

• Americanization Movement

• Social Gospel Movement