Immigration/Urbanization/Industry 2022

Which of the following are reasons for immigration?

• Hope for better opportunities

• Religious Persecution

• Escape from oppressive governments

• Desire for adventure

• Desire for religious freedom

Immigrants arriving from Europe went through which processing center

• Angel Island

• Oak Island

• Ellis Island

• Key West

Immigrants arriving from China and Mexico came through which processing center

• Angel Island

• Ellis Island

• Oak Island

• Key West

Immigrants lived in crowded, run down apartment buildings called

• Settlement Houses

• Tenements

• Reservations

• Processing Stations

Select all the challenges faced by immigrants living in the United States

• High Paying Jobs

• Poor living conditions

• Discrimination

• Ethnic Neighborhoods

• Overcrowded neighborhoods

This law prevented a specific group of immigrants from entering the United States

• Irish Immigration Act

• Chinese Workers Act

• Chinese Exclusion Act

• Native American Act

Urbanization means...

• growth of businesses

• growth of cities

• increased machinery

• decreased population

Select all the challenges faced by people living in cities in the late 1800s

• Tenements

• Overcrowding

• Mechanization

• Pollution

• Lack of Jobs

Which of the following was NOT a problem immigrants faced in the United States?

• High paying jobs with child care options

• poor living conditions in tenement apartments

• discrimination based on their culture

• overcrowding in immigrant neighborhoods

What was life like for immigrants in the United States? (Choose 3)

• They had poor living conditions

• Most became extremely wealthy

• They lived in tenement apartments

• They had low-paying factory jobs