America Immigration Review

Political equality, religious freedom, and economic growth are examples of what?

• Factors pushing people out of the U.S.
• Factors pushing people out of their home countries
• Consequences of people leaving their home countries
• Factors pulling people to the U.S.

Which statement best describes how immigrants were treated?

• They were highly respected and treated as equals
• They were looked upon as inferior and discriminated against
• They learned English and assimilated quickly into America
• They found quick access in farming

Why did the number of Chinese immigrants decrease?

• The U.S. passed laws that limited the number if immigrants allowed to come to the U.S.
• Chinese leaders isolated the nation from the outside world
• Chinese immigrants didn't want to start another Civil War
• The U.S. government ended all immigration

How did many Irish-Catholic and Chinese immigrants contribute to the infrastructure of the U.S. 

• They built the Eerie Canal
• They built the transcontinental railroad
• They built a highway system
• They built the white house

What  attracted European immigrants in the early 1900's?

• Poverty
• Job opportunities
• Racial Discrimination
• War

The most common reason for immigration to the United States has been people's desire to have

• religious freedom

• social acceptance

• political equality

• a higher standard of living

What nation sent many starving immigrants to the United States in the 1840s and 1850s?

• Italy

• Russia

• Poland

• Ireland

Most of the immigrants who came to the United States before 1850 came from what continent?

• Europe

• Asia

• South America

• Africa

Why did the United States government place few restrictions on immigration between 1860 and 1900?

• Labor unions favored immigration.

• Congress lacked the power to deal with immigration.

• There was a need for cheap labor.

• The number of immigrants was small.

What 1882 congressional law limited Chinese immigration to America?

• Jones Act

• Dawes Act

• Exclusion Act

• Hatch Act