Immigrants and Urban Life Quiz

Where did most of the new immigrants come from?

• Northern Europe

• Southern and Eastern Europe

• Asia

• Mexico

Underline three points of entry for immigrants to the United States in the late 1800s.

• Ellis Island, Angel Island, El Paso

• Ellis Island, San Francisco, Texas

• New York Harbor, San Francisco, El Paso

• Ellis Island, Angel Island, Texas

Why did many immigrants have to take low-paying jobs in sweatshops?

• Lack of skills for modern jobs

• Preference for unskilled labor

• Limited job opportunities

• Discrimination in job market

Which term refers to poorly built, overcrowded apartment buildings?

• Steerage

• Tenements

• Benevolent societies

• Sweatshops

What were benevolent societies?

• Organizations that offered help to immigrant families

• Workplaces with poor working conditions

• Immigrant neighborhoods

• Overcrowded apartment buildings

Who were old immigrants?

• Immigrants from northern Europe

• Immigrants from southern and eastern Europe

• Immigrants from Asia

• Immigrants from Mexico

Who were new immigrants?

• Immigrants from northern Europe

• Immigrants from southern and eastern Europe

• Immigrants from Asia

• Immigrants from Mexico

What term refers to an area below a ship's deck where immigrants often traveled?

• Steerage

• Tenements

• Benevolent societies

• Sweatshops

What term refers to workplaces in small shops with poor working conditions and low pay?

• Steerage

• Tenements

• Benevolent societies

• Sweatshops