USH Topic 2.4 New Immigrants

What processing station did Immigrants go through on the WEST coast?

• Ellis Island
• Angel Island
• Devil Island
• Alcatraz

People who moved to the US after 1880 seeking economic opportunity or political or religious freedom were called

• old immigrants

• nativists

• new immigrants

• steerage

Where did the majority of the new immigrants settle?

• small towns

• rural areas

• suburbs

• big cities

The Chinese Exclusion Act

• prohibited Chinese immigrants from leaving California to settle in other states

• prohibited Chinese people from immigrating to the US for 10 years

• prohibited Chinese people from working in steel mill

• prohibited Chinese people from immigrating to the US for 20 years

The immigrants who came to US from 1880-1917 were mainly from

• Germany

• Japan and China

• Southern and Eastern Europe

• Northern and Western Europe

Which is NOT a reason immigrants came to the US?

• economic opportunity

• social security

• fair treatment

• an escape from poverty

Where did many immigrants find work?

• education

• factories

• churches

• farms

Which of the following might blame immigrants for crime, unemployment, and other problems?

• Nativists

• Reformers

• Assimilationists

• Native Americans

The agreement between the United States and Japan in 1907 ___.

• limited the number of Japanese immigrants

• became a law in 1917.

• applied only to Japanese men

• caused Japanese immigrants to return home

What was the purpose of Ellis Island?

• teach immigrants to speak English

• provide immigrants with housing information

• inspect the immigrants before they could enter the US

• educate immigrants about the US