Migration in US History

What was the main factor or push factor that brought immigrants to the US after 1880?

• Jobs

• Drought

• Civil War

• Food Shortages

What was the main entrance for European Immigrants to the US between 1890-1920?

• Ellis Island

• Angel Island

• El Paso

• Liberty Island

Immigrants who left Asia (Japan/China) entered the US mainly through...

• Angel Island

• Ellis Island

• El Paso

• Liberty Island

What was the main factor for Jewish Immigration to the US from Eastern Europe between 1880-1920?

• Religious Persecution

• Famine and Starvation

• Flood and Natural Disasters

• Wars in Europe

What was the main factor for Jewish Immigration to the US from Eastern Europe between 1880-1920?

• Religious Persecution

• Famine and Starvation

• Flood and Natural Disasters

• Wars in Europe

During the height of Immigration to the US in the late 1800s, what Country's immigrant group was banned entrance to the US for over 60 years?

• China

• Italy

• Russia

• Korea

Many from this Immigrant group worked in unskilled labor jobs during The Great Wave (1890-1920)

• Italians

• Chinese

• Eastern European Jews

• Irish

Government documents that allow people from other nations to enter the country for a limited time to work and live. In the US this is called a "Green Card."

• Passport

• Visa

• Drivers License

• Permit

Naturalization is ...

• illegal in the United States.

• an immigrant that does not have the legal paperwork to live in the country.

• being a citizen because you were born in the U.S.

• the process in which you can become a citizen as an Immigrant

Many immigrants lived in _______________in the United States, which were poorly constructed and crowded apartment buildings.

• Tenements

• shacks

• Townhomes

• ghettos