America's Peak of Immigration Study Help

This group of immigrants came to the US between 1600-1860 from Northwest Europe, Great Britain, France, Netherlands, Ireland, and Germany

• Chinese Immigrants

• Old Immigrants

• New Immigrants

Immigrants who came to the US between 1890-1920 from Southeast Europe, Italy, Poland, Greece, Iraq, Hungary, Russia, and Germany are known as ?

• Chinese Immigrants

• Old Immigrants

• New Immigrants

New Immigrants stood out because of their different cultures, religions, and race, so they experienced a lot of?

• Discrimination

• Helpful people

• Confusion

Conditions that make people feel like they have to or want to leave their country of birth are known as?

• Pull Factors

• Perspective

• Push Factors

Reasons that immigrants and refugees looked to America for safety and opportunities are known as ?

• Push Factors

• Pull Factors

• The Statue of Liberty

war, natural disaster, poverty, persecution, poor education, and lack of civil liberties are examples of ?

• Push Factors

• Pull Factors

Freedom of speech, freedom of religion, public education, democracy, and economic opportunity are examples of ?

• Push factors

• Pull factors

What does Emma Lazarus' poem, "The New Colossus," symbolize?

• The American Dream. America welcomes all those who have suffered and are looking for a new beginning.

• Ellis Island

• The discrimination that the immigrants will face in the United States.

What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?

• A light that warns immigrants to turn around and go back where they came from.

• A light that provides hope and guides immigrants to a safer more welcoming place.

• A light that shows the evils they will face in America.

What was the name of the immigration processing center in New York that European immigrants had to go through?

• Angel Island

• The New Colossus

• Ellis Island