The Making of America: Immigration Ch 1-5

Which country did not contribute many early settlers, or immigrants, to America?

• Poland

• Holland

• England

• Germany

The potato blight struck which country?

• England

• Russia

• Ireland

• United States

Which city was a port fo entry to the United States for many Asian immigrants?

• Boston

• New York

• New Orleans

• San Francisco

What is a tenement?

• a kind of food from Germany

• a boat that carried immigrants

• a crowded apartment building

• a tool for building canals

Why did immigration to the United States slow down during the mid-1860s?

• improvements in European economy

• the French Revolution

• the expense of the voyage

• the Civil War

What is the name for the wave of immigration to the United States after the Civil War?

• westward movement

• manifest destiny

• Old Immigration

• New Immigration

Immigrants from China and Japan tended to settle in which region of the United States?

• East

• South

• West

• Midwest

Where does the Statue of Liberty stand?

• New York Harbor

• Plymouth Rock

• Jamestown Harbor

• San Francisco Bay

Which was the first stop in the United States for most European immigrants after 1892?

• Long Island

• Liberty Island

• Angel Island

• Ellis Island

In 1882, all immigrants from which country were banned from entering the United States?

• Russia

• Germany

• China

• Italy