Immigration Section 2 Review Quiz

What was Steerage?

• The highest class travel fare immigrants could buy

• The part of the ship where passengers would store their freight

• The part of the deck where the captain

• The Lowest class travel fare Immigrants could buy

What ethnic group made up the majority of immigrants who were processed through Ellis Island?

• European Immigrants

• Asian Immigrants

• African Immigrants

• South American Immigrants

How long would the process take at Ellis Island in an ideal situation?

• 1-3 Hours

• 3-5 Hours

• 6-8 Hours

• 10-12 Hours

If something needed to be checked out thoroughly in the medical exams, what would doctors do?

• Put chalk markings on immigrants clothes

• Make immigrants sit in another waiting room

• Exam the immigrants on the spot

• Ignore the medical problems and send them though

What were buttonhooks used for?

• To help immigrants with their clothes during the medical exams

• To flip up immigrants eyelids to see if they had Trachoma

• To hang up immigrants things as they went through the islands processing.

• They weren't really used but kept in case of emergency

Why would immigrants often have problems with the mental exams?

• Immigrants experienced no problems with these exams.

• Many forgot to take the exams and were then denied entry.

• The tests were too long.

• Not many were well-educated and struggled.

Were the mental exams fair and valid representations of immigrants capabilities?

• Yes

• No

Why did the inspectors insist on having thorough legal inspections?

• To prevent criminals and anarchists from entering the US

• Because they felt like it

• To make sure immigrants were coming here to better the country

• They didn't have a thorough process

How many questions were asked in the legal inspection and how fast would they be asked?

• 14 questions in 1 minute

• 29 questions in 2 minutes

• 38 questions in 3 minutes

• 56 questions in 4 minutes

What was the name of the document that contained all of an immigrants information for the legal inspection?

• Travler's Visa

• Passage Dossier

• Travel Documents

• Manifest Sheets