Angel Island

Where was Angel Island located?

• San Antonio, Texas
• New York, New York
• San Francisco, California
• Los Angeles, California

Where was Ellis Island located?

• San Antonio, Texas
• New York, New York
• San Francisco, California
• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Why were immigrants leaving their countries to come to the United States?

• Many countries were experiencing push factors such as poverty, war, and unemployment.
• Many people were experiencing pull factors such as poverty, war, and unemployment.

Immigrants from Asia entered through which immigration center?

• Elis Island

• Angel Island

What legislation excluded a group of immigrants from entering the United States based solely on race?

• Immigration Act of 1917

• Irish Exchange Act

• Chinese Exclusion Act

• Act of Italian Immigrants

Who is an immigrant?

• A person who moves to a new country.

• A person who moves to a new state.

• A person who moves to a new county.

• A person who moves to a new city.

What happened to the immigrants at Ellis Island and Angel Island?

• Government officials asked them their plans and checked them for diseases.

• Government officials asked them their plans and made them learn English.

• Government officials asked them their plans and gave them a factory job.

• Government officials asked them their plans and gave them money for housing.

Once in America, most new immigrants settled in what type of environment?

• Ethnic neighborhoods and big cities

• suburbs of big cities

• rural farmland

This law specifically barred Chinese laborers from entering the US, and was in place for more than 60 years.

• The Chinese Exclusion Act
• The Ban on Foreign Labor Act
• The Asian Immigration Act
• The Chinese Labor Law

Which idea led to a rise in anti-immigrant groups and a demand for immigration restrictions?

• Melting Pot
• Birds of Passage
• Nativism
• All of the above