19th century Chinese immigrants are known for what?

• Work in building the Transcontinental Railroad
• Work in New York factories
• Contributions to the steel industry
• Contributions to John D. Rockefeller

During the period from 1880 to 1910, why did the majority of immigrants to the United States settle in urban areas in the North?

• The Populists were successful in preventing immigrants from buying farmland.
• Rapid industrialization had created many job opportunities.
• Labor unions gave financial help to immigrants willing to work in the factories.
• Most immigrants had lived in cities in their native countries.

The United States experienced a period of greatly increased immigration in the mid-nineteenth century. In particular, there was a surge in the number of Irish immigrants. Why did Irish immigration increase during the mid-nineteenth century?

• the end of the Napoleonic Wars
• the Irish won their independence from the United Kingdom
• the Great Potato Famine in Ireland
• the spread of the Plague in Ireland

War, poverty, and discrimination are all examples of.......

• Pull Factors
• Push Factors
• Jump Factors
• Falling Factors

Economic opportunities, religious freedom, and political and social equality are all examples of...

• Push Factors
• Pull Factors
• Falling Factors
• Jump Factors

Who immigrated to California for economic reasons?

• Irish

• Chinese
• Germans

• Jewish

 Which factor contributed to the shifting of population from rural to urban areas from 1870-1900?

• Not enough families took advantage of the Homestead Act
• Great Plains Indians left their reservations to buy new farmland
• Houses in cities were less expensive than those in the counttryside
•  Better jobs in industry attracted farmers and laborers to cities

Americans who opposed increased immigration to the US were called

• imperialists

• industrialists

• old immigrants

• nativists

The majority of German immigrants who entered the United States in the late 1840s were attracted by 

• the supply of high-paying skilled jobs. 
• economic opportunity and freedom from government control. 
• protection of freedom of religion. 
• political refuge and support for revolutionaries at home. 

Why did many Germans flee to the United States in 1848?

• They suffered from the Potato Famine
• They needed to escape Justin Bieber
• They needed to escape political persecution
• They wanted to move to overcrowded cities