Immigrants

Which one was NOT a reason many people left their countries between 1850-1920?

• government was mean

• poor farmland

• lack of work or jobs

• bad smells

The population of the United States increased by about how much between 1820 and 1920?

• 2 times

  9 mil -> 18 mil

• 5 times

  9 mil -> 45 mil

• 10 times

  9 mil -> 90 mil

• 100 times

  9 mil -> 900 mil

Match the following

• left because of potato famine

• Italians

• come over and worked in gold mines

• Russians

• escaped the army who was looking for Jewish people

• Chinese

• Included the countries: German, Austria, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Hungary, Romania, Croatia and Serbia

• Austro-Hungarian Empire

• worked in heavy construction

• Irish

Who came looking to farm in Minnesota where it was really cold?

• Sweden

• Italy

• Ireland

• India

Which countries immigrants worked on pineapple or sugarcane fields in Hawaii?

Which country had immigrants who arrived with more than average amounts of money?

• Germany

• Ireland

• Sweden

• Japan

Which group of immigrants came over because of poor farmland and wound up finding jobs in heavy construction?

• Irish

• Italians

• Swedes

• Japanese

The British ruled ​ (a)   as a colony. Some people left because of how unfair it was. Many people who did come from India came to ​ (b)   to look for jobs. Many of them found work building ​ (c)   and farming.

• India
• California
• railroads
• gold
• Korea

Where did immigrants from Korea, Japan, China, and India mostly settle?

Where did the immigrants from Italy, Ireland, Germany, Sweden, Russia, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire enter the United States?