U.S. History Test - Immigration & Urbanization

Why did immigrants come to the United States?

• to live in poverty

• To be discriminated against

• For a better life & more money

• To work long hours for little pay

European immigrants left their country for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

• Religious persecution

• To run for president

• Land shortage

• Political reform

Chinese immigrants arrived in the U.S. for

• The California Gold Rush, farming & working on the railroad

• To work in the auto factories

• To join the U.S. Army

• To be put in internment camps

Japanese immigrants emigrated to the west coast of the U.S. from

• Australia

• Alaska

• Hawaii

• Caribbean

Almost all immigrants arrived in the U.S. by

• Plane

• Steamship

• bus

• car

Through which place did immigrants arriving on the East Coast pass before gaining entry into the United States?

• Angel Island

• Alcatraz

• Ellis Island

• Virgin Islands

Through which place did immigrants arriving on the West Coast pass before gaining entry into the United States?

• Angel Island

• Alcatraz

• Ellis Island

• Virgin Islands

Ethnic communities developed as a

• Way to separate immigrants from American born citizens

• A lifeline for new immigrants-found others who had the same culture

• Way to contain immigrants to certain area

• Way to get political influence

Which term refers to the mixture of diverse cultures whose people blended together by abandoning their native language and customs?

• Gentlemen's Agreement

• Patronage

• Melting pot

• Nativism

Which term refers to an agreement that limited Japanese immigration of unskilled workers to the United States in exchange for the repeal of the San Francisco segregation order?

• Gentlemen's Agreement

• Patronage

• Melting pot

• Nativism