Social Studies Module 2 Review

Immigrants contributed to America in many ways.

• True

• False

What is an immigrant?

• A person who moves from one part o the country to another

• A person who chooses to stay in her own country

• A person who moves permanently to another country

The United States did not grow and change in any way during the late 1800s and early 1900s.

• False

• True

How did the railroad workers build the railroad in such mountainous areas?

• They built the tracks around mountains.

• They built tracks through mountains.

• They built the tracks over the mountains.

When first arriving in the United States, many people live in...

• fancy houses

• railroad cars

• slums or tenements

Which group of immigrants played a major role in buildig the railroad?

• Chinese

• Russians

• Dutch

Which of the following is considered a pull factor?

• poverty

• job opportunities

• natural disasters

Immigrants shared their culture (food, language, and art) with one another.

• True

• False

Livinf conditions for most immigrants were...

• clean but crowded

• dirty and crowded

• clean and spacious

• dirty and spacious

What is a push factor?

• A reason to leave a country

• A reson to stay in one's country

• A reason to come to a country