Immigration Quiz

In the 1890's, most immigrants arriving in the United States came from

• China and South Asia

• Canada and Latin America

• Eastern and Southern Europe

• Ireland and Great Britain

The tripling of the U.S. population between 1870 and 1910 was most directly caused by

• rapid industrialization and immigration

• the mechanization of agriculture

• natural disasters around the world

• integration of new states in the west

What happened to European immigrants who failed health inspections?

• They were admitted to a local hospital

• they were restricted to a specific social class

• they were forced to live in a location in the Southern United States

• They were separated from family and returned to Europe

By the 1890s, immigrants made up significant percentages of some of the country's largest

• Plantations

• Cities

• Farms

• suburbs

After 1872, the processing center for the vast majority of immigrants arriving on the West was at

• Angel Island

• Staten Island

• Long island

• Ellis Island

Nativism in the late 19th century was motivated primarily by

• hostility toward immigrant workers taking american jobs

• the need to reduce over-crowding in western states

• cultural conflicts with Native Americans Indians

• the migration of the African American to northern cities

The main goal of the Americanization movement was to

• limit the number of immigrants entering the country

• assimilate immigrants of various cultures into the dominant culture

• improve the living conditions in Americas largest cities

• encouraged people to move from the country to the city

Which one of these is not a pull-factor for immigrants coming to the US

• Opportunities

• Freedom to Practice Religion

• Land

• Access to Resources

Which one of these combinations best explain why immigrants left their countries for America?

• Poverty and desires for land

• Political and Religious Persecutions along with Poverty

• Political and Religious Persecutions along with desire for land

• Opportunities and the desires for land

What reason caused the Irish to leave Ireland for America?

• Religious persecutions

• Political Revolutions

• Gold Rush Fever

• Potato Famine