Immigration Quiz

What was NOT a requirement to enter the U.S. at Ellis Island?

• Must be able to speak English

• Must pass a literacy test

• Have at least $25

• Physical Exam

What is confusion and anxiety resulting from immersion in a culture whose ways of thinking and acting they didn’t understand?

• Culture Confusion

• Culture Shock

• Ethnic Changes

Favoritism towards native-born Americans is known as?

• Favoritism

• Nativism

• Americanism

What group did Americans dislike the most?

• Canadians

• Europeans

• Asians

What 3 major Northeastern cities were settling points for immigrants?

• Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago

• Philadelphia, Chicago, NYC

• Boston, Philadelphia, NYC

• Boston, Chicago, NYC

What was NOT a problem related to fire?

• Kerosene and candles

• Electricity

• No running water

• Proximity of buildings

What problems with sanitation existed?

• Indoor plumbing

• Indoor water

• No trash pick up

What was an organized group that controlled the activities of a political party in a city?

• Boss Tweed

• Political Machine

• Mayor

What reform group preached salvation through service to the poor?

• Settlement Gospel Movement

• Social Gospel Movement

• Settlement-House Movement

The movement of populations from farms to cities was known as?

• Immigration

• Migration

• Urbanization