Immigration & Urbanization

Which of the following groups WOULD NOT be considered "Old Immigrants"?

• German Immigrants

• British Immigrants

• Irish Immigrants

• Polish Immigrants

Which of the following groups WOULD NOT be considered "New Immigrants"?

• Polish Immigrants

• Chinese Immigrants

• Irish Immigrants

• Jewish Immigrants

Chinese Americans were often discriminated against due to a racist belief that they were "under cutting" or lowering the working wage due to their assumed DESIRE or WANT to work for very little money and very little wages.

• TRUE

• FALSE

TRUE OR FALSE: Many immigrants preferred to live in closely compacted tenement housing to be able to keep close bonds with their neighbors, and if given the chance would not move to get more space.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Where did the majority of the new immigrants settle?

• small towns

• rural areas

• suburbs

• big cities

The poorly built, overcrowded apartments many immigrants lived in were called

• steerage

• sweatshops

• tenements

• benevolent societies

While some became industrial workers, immigrant women also commonly worked as

• maids and cooks

• secretaries

• journalists

• telegraph operators

Americans who opposed increased immigration to the US were called

• imperialists

• industrialists

• old immigrants

• nativists

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

Arrived after 1880

• old immigrant

• new immigrant