Titanic, Immigration, Nativism

The Gilded Age took place during what years?

• 1800-1830

• 1840-1870

• 1870-1901

• 1901-1941

The Gilded Age can be described as a time when America was

• a place that seemed wonderful on the surface but had problems beneath the surface

• was as wonderful as everyone thought it was

• a place immigrants did not want to go to because life was too difficult

Why was Titanic symbolic of the Gilded Age? Check all that apply.

• Titanic showed how the wealthy and the poor were treated differently just like in America

• Titanic showed how monopolies were formed

• Titanic showed that immigrants wanted to come to America for a better life.

What is an immigrant

• someone who moves to a country to permanently live there

• someone who is very religious and believes in god

• someone who does not think the US should be involved in world affairs

• someone that works in factories using machines

You who have been born an American,

I wish I could make you understand

what it is like not to be an American -

not to have been an American all your life.

And then suddenly, with the words of a man

in flowing robes to be one.

One moment, you belong with your fathers

to a million dead yesterdays.

The next, you belong with America,

to a million unborn tomorrows!

George Magar Markidian

What is the point George Markidian is trying to make about America?

• America was a place that did not live up to expectations

• America offered hope and the chance for a better future.

• America was controlled only by the rich and powerful

Most immigrants from Europe crossed the Atlantic Ocean and went to the Immigration center in New York known as

• Angel Island

• Alcatraz Island

• Ellis Island

• Easter Island

Which of the following are reasons why immigrants moved to America during the late 19th Century?

• to escape persecution

• to escape poverty

• to earn more money

• to have a better life

The Old Immigrants that came to America in the 1600 and 1700s usually came from

• The Middle East

• Western and Northern Europe

• Asia

• Mexico

The largest number of "New Immigrants" coming to America from 1992-1920 were from

• southern and eastern Europe

• The Middle East

• Africa

• Asia

The primary immigration center on the west coast of the United States was located in San Francisco, California. It was called

• Alcatraz

• Easter Island

• Midway Island

• Angel Island