Immigration & Urbanization

Immigrants making their journey to America believed that they were going through the __________________ ____________

Check all of the following that were reasons for immigrants leaving their native countries to come to America.

• Religious Persecution

• Access to Better Technology

• Higher Wages and a Better Life

• Escaping Famine and Overpopulations

Around how many immigrants came to the United States from European nations from 1880 to 1920?

• 1 million

• 800,000

• 10 million

• 20 million

Most early immigrants coming from Asia were attracted by ___________ and provided labor for _______________________.

• Manufacturing Jobs, Railroads

• Gold, Railroads

• Gold, Factories

• Agricultural Jobs, Factories

The immigration center that most European immigrants arrived to on the East Coast

• Angel Island

• Ellis Island

• Allen Island

• Edward Island

Check all of the following procedures that immigrants at Ellis Island went through upon arrival

• Discrimination and mistreatment

• Thorough medical exam

• Criminal background check for felonies

• Long detention based on false questioning

Immigration center on the West Coast that many Asian immigrants arrived to and experienced harsh treatment and unfair questioning.

• Angel Island

• Edward Island

• Allen Island

• Ellis Island

Many immigrants seeking people who shared their language and culture settled into ________________________.

• Tenements

• Ethnic Communities

• A Melting Pot

• Ellis Island

Which of the following IS NOT an an example of Nativism?

• Favoritism towards native-born Americans

• Religious Persecution

• Long detention and unfair questioning at immigration centers

• Settlement houses providing services for immigrants

The Chinese Exclusion Act was in place for ______ years.

• 20

• 30

• 60

• 20