Immigration Check for Understanding

The crowded section of the ship where most immigrants stayed

• Quarentine

• Tenement

• Steerage

• Storage

Mant immigrants during the Gilded Age came from

• Central Europe

• Southern and Eastern Europe

• South America

• Northern Europe

Which law was the first restriction on Immigration?

• Chinese Exclusion Act

• Gentleman's Agreement

• Anti-Defimation Act

• Quota Act

Where did most immigrants enter America during the Gilded Age?

• Angel Island
• Ellis Island
• Chicago
• Washington DC

Many immigrants who first came to America moved into what type of living space?

• Settlement Houses

• Community Centers

• Factory Houses

• Tenements

Jobs, democracy, freedom, are examples of ____ _______ that attracted people to move to a new place.

Famine, war and unemployment are examples of ____ _______, which were reasons to leave the place you currently live

What is the importance of Ellis Island?

• It was the place where most European immigrants settled.
• It was the place where most European immigrants passed through before they became citizens.
• It was the place where unwanted immigrants were sent by the U.S. government.
• It was the headquarters of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service.

Many new immigrants were educated, spoke English and took high paying jobs in cities.

• True

• False

This island processes immigrants that came in through the West Coast

• Ellis Island

• James Island

• Johns Island

• Angel Island