What is Ellis Island? Chapter 5

By 1920, the US population had grown ten times great than in 1820, largely due to immigration.

• True

• False

_____________ ________________ wanted towns to be built along their rail lines and immigrant workers were eager to build them.

Where did most immigrants head for work?

• the country

• small villages

• out west

• big cities

More than half of the US steelworks were immigrants.

• True

• False

What was the name of the steel tycoon who only gave his workers the Fourth of July off?

La Guardia was able to speak ____ languages.

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 6

La Guardia worked as an interpreter at Ellis Island for three years while he attended law school.

• True

• False

In 1933 ____________ became the mayor of New York City.

One of the nation's largest airports in New York is named after La Guardia.

• True

• False

Immigrants settled on blocks with people different from them and their homelands.

• True

• False