Immigration Textbook Reading and Questions

What was the reason for the opposition to immigration in the late 1800s?

• It could drive worker wages down

• Concerns about losing jobs to immigrants

• Desire to maintain American identity

• All of the above

What challenges did many immigrants face during their journeys to America in the late 1800s?

• Long train ride

• unsanitary conditions on ships

• Long airplane ride

• diseases

Which regions did new immigrants come from during the late 1800s?

• Northern and western Europe

• Africa, South America, and Canada

• Australia, Antarctica, and Africa

• Southern and eastern Europe

What did immigrants do after settling in neighborhoods?

• They formed support networks with others from the same country.

• They assimilated immediately into the local culture.

• They moved to different neighborhoods.

• They went to work on farms in the rural areas

What were some of the reasons for the new wave of immigration to the United States in the late 1800s?

• Economic opportunities in America

• Escape Political persecution

• Escape religious persecution

• desire for adventure

What challenges did immigrants face when adjusting to life in the United States?

• Language barriers

• Cultural differences

• Discrimination

• working on farms

What was the stance of some Americans towards immigration in the late 1800s?

• All Americans supported it

• No Americans supported it.

• All European leaders were against it.

• Some Americans opposed immigration and worked to restrict it.

The Chinese Exclusion Act banned new

immigrants to the United States from China for -

• 80 years

• ten years.

• 12 months

• 1 year

______________ were poorly built,

overcrowded apartment buildings. Lacking adequate light, ventilation, and

sanitation. These were very unhealthy places to live., where disease spread

rapidly in the crowded conditions

• Affordable homes

• tenements

• Ellis Island

• Mansions

All immigrants that arrived in America during the late 1800's were skilled factory workers back in their home countries.

• True

• False