Immigration

Where did immigrants from Europe enter the United States?

• Riker's Island

• Angel Island

• Governor's Island

• Ellis Island

Where did immigrants from Asia enter the United States?

• Ellis Island

• Governor's Island

• Riker's Island

• Angel Island

Where did the majority of "new" immigrants from the late 1800s come from?

• eastern and southern Europe

• eastern and southern Asia

• northern parts of Africa

• Mexico and Central America

Who was banned under the Exclusion Act of 1882?

• Italians

• Russians

• Japanese

• Chinese

What is one example of assimilation?

• Immigrants changed their names during processing at Ellis Island

• Immigrants brought new foods, like spaghetti and bagels

• Immigrants settled in neighborhoods with other people from their homeland

• Immigrants learned to speak English

What is the airless room below deck on a ship, where most immigrants stayed when traveling to the U.S.?

• steerage

• port

• starboard

• stern

Which of the following was a pull factor that encouraged people to immigrate to the United States?

• religious persecution

• factory jobs

• political unrest

• overcrowding

Which group opposed immigration, because they wanted to preserve the U.S. for white, American-born Protestants?

• nativists

• Native Americans

• anarchists

• immigrants

Which of the following did not happen at Ellis Island?

• Immigrants had a physical exam.

• Immigrants attended classes on assimilating.

• Immigrants were quarantined for potential diseases.

• Immigrants had a mental exam.

Which statement about nativism is most accurate?

• Nativists wanted to bring about an end to slavery
• Nativists were opposed to immigration
• Nativists were laborers who favored unlimited immigration
• Nativists encouraged immigrants to settle in California