Ch. 13-1 Immigrants Review

The wave of "new" immigration was made up primarily of immigrants from _______

• 1. Northern and Western Europe.

• 1. Eastern and Southern Europe.

• 1. India.

• 1. England.

Jews from Russia and Austria-Hungary came to America in order to _______

• 1. escape religious persecution.

• 1. avoid forced military service.

• 1. avoid high food prices.

• 1. escape population pressures.

Many immigrants came to America to escape Europe's _______ and move to a democratic nation with social opportunities.

• 1. pressure for skilled labor

• 1. industrial revolution

• 1. class system

• 1. constant wars

The cheapest accommodations on a boat heading for America was called _______

• 1. immigration hold.

• port side.

• lower class.

• 1. steerage.

What did immigrants typically do once they arrived in a large city?

• gather in neighborhoods together and recreate their homeland

• 1. attend special schools where they could learn English

• join trade unions where they could learn vital job skills

• 1. go through an Ellis Island checkpoint to be examined

What event in China caused a massive influx of Chinese immigrants to America?

• 1. the government takeover of family farms

• 1. the Taiping Rebellion

• 1. the Railroad Strike

• 1. the installation of a new emperor

How did the experience of Asian immigrants differ from that of European immigrants?

• 1. Asian immigrants were forced to undergo medical exams before they were allowed to enter the U.S.

• 1. European immigrants took jobs on the new railroad lines.

• Asian immigrants often waited months before they were allowed to leave the immigration station.

• 1. European immigrants largely settled on the West Coast.

What was nativism?

• 1. legislation that stopped the flood of immigration to Ellis Island

• 1. a push to grant citizenship to people coming to America

• a movement to end the medical exams at Ellis Island

• 1. an extreme dislike for immigrants by native-born people

The American Protective Association, founded in 1887, was directed against which immigrants?

• 1. hose of the Catholic faith

• Asian immigrants

• 1. those of the Jewish faith

• 1. those who were poverty-stricken

What piece of legislation barred Chinese immigrants from entering the country for 10 years?

• 1. the Gentleman's Agreement

• the Chinese Exclusion Act

• the Asian Restriction Act

• 1. the Immigration Standards Act