Final Exam: Immigration Review

Based on the information in this graph, why did immigration increase rapidly between 1895 and 1905?

• Railroad construction created jobs for immigrants.

• Cheap land prices in the West attracted immigrant farmers.

• Industrial growth provided factory jobs for immigrants.

• World War I caused immigrants to flee Europe.

In this poem, the phrase “homeless, tempest-tost” refers to

• soldiers

• immigrants

• survivors of a shipwreck

• unemployed workers

This poem is found on which national landmark?

• Plymouth Rock

• Lincoln Memorial

• Statue of Liberty

• Independence Hall

During the late 1800s and early 1900s, prejudice against “new” immigrants increased mainly because these immigrants

• came from cultural backgrounds very different from that of the majority of Americans

• tried to replace American democracy with their own forms of government

• formed their own labor unions in order to receive higher wages

• had job skills superior to those of most American workers

In 1892, the United States government opened Ellis Island primarily to

• process immigrants arriving from overseas

• defend New York City from attack

• check the safety of imported products

• serve as the first federal prison in New York State

In the period from 1890 to 1910, most immigrants from eastern and southern Europe settled in large cities of the eastern United States primarily because

• farmland had become very scarce

• factory jobs were available for unskilled workers

• there was much less discrimination in those cities

• they came mainly from large cities in their home countries

During the 1800s, Irish immigrants faced discrimination mainly because of their

• religious beliefs

• upper-class backgrounds

• conservative political views

• reluctance to learn the English language

The main message of this poem was to

• encourage a back-to-Africa movement among freed slaves

• call for the imprisonment of illegal immigrants

• welcome new immigrants to the United States

• support the quota system placed on immigrants

During the period 1840–1920, from which area did the largest number of immigrants come to the United States?

• Asia

• Canada

• Germany

• Great Britain & Ireland

Most of the immigrants who came to the United States in the late 19th century were 

• Middle-class families with money to invest

• Educated persons who were well prepared to face the problems of relocating 

• Members of religious groups seeking to establish new churches 

• Peasants and laborers seeking to better their lives