Immigrants and Urban Life Quiz

Immigrants and Urban Life Quiz

8th Grade

9 Qs

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Immigrants and Urban Life Quiz

Immigrants and Urban Life Quiz

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8th Grade

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9 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Where did most of the new immigrants come from?

Northern Europe

Southern and Eastern Europe

Asia

Mexico

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which term refers to poorly built, overcrowded apartment buildings?

Steerage

Tenements

Benevolent societies

Sweatshops

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What were benevolent societies?

Organizations that offered help to immigrant families

Workplaces with poor working conditions

Immigrant neighborhoods

Overcrowded apartment buildings

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who were old immigrants?

Immigrants from northern Europe

Immigrants from southern and eastern Europe

Immigrants from Asia

Immigrants from Mexico

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who were new immigrants?

Immigrants from northern Europe

Immigrants from southern and eastern Europe

Immigrants from Asia

Immigrants from Mexico

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Steerage

Tenements

Benevolent societies

Sweatshops

9.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Steerage

Tenements

Benevolent societies

Sweatshops