Immigration and Urbanization

Which of the following are reasons for immigration?

• Hope for better opportunities

• Religious Persecution

• Escape from oppressive governments

• Desire for adventure

• Desire for religious freedom

Immigrants arriving from Europe went through which processing center

• Angel Island

• Oak Island

• Ellis Island

• Key West

Immigrants arriving from China and Mexico came through which processing center

• Angel Island

• Ellis Island

• Oak Island

• Key West

Immigrants lived in crowded, run down apartment buildings called

• Settlement Houses

• Tenements

• Reservations

• Processing Stations

Select all the challenges faced by immigrants living in the United States

• High Paying Jobs

• Poor living conditions

• Discrimination

• Ethnic Neighborhoods

• Overcrowded neighborhoods

This law prevented a specific group of immigrants from entering the United States

• Irish Immigration Act

• Chinese Workers Act

• Chinese Exclusion Act

• Native American Act

Urbanization means...

• growth of businesses

• growth of cities

• increased machinery

• decreased population

Select all the challenges faced by people living in cities in the late 1800s

• Tenements

• Overcrowding

• Mechanization

• Pollution

• Lack of Jobs