Immigration Week of 02.12.24

Most immigrants on the East Coast were processed where?

• Washington, D.C.
• Ellis Island
• Angel Island
• Baltimore

19th century Chinese immigrants are known for what?

• Work in building the Transcontinental Railroad
• Work in New York factories
• Contributions to the steel industry
• Contributions to John D. Rockefeller

What processing station did Immigrants go through on the WEST coast?

• Ellis Island
• Angel Island
• Devil Island
• Alcatraz

Which of the following caused the most prejudice against new immigrants in the United States during the late nineteenth century?

• Americans believed that immigrants were transient and would hurt the communities when they moved on again.
• The United States had tense relations with many of the nations from which the immigrants came.
• Heavy immigration caused overcrowding in rural areas and a rise in the price of cropland.
• Americans feared that immigrants would refuse to assimilate into American culture.

War, poverty, and discrimination are all examples of.......

• Pull Factors
• Push Factors
• Jump Factors
• Falling Factors

Economic opportunities, religious freedom, and political and social equality are all examples of...

• Push Factors
• Pull Factors
• Falling Factors
• Jump Factors

The Chinese Exclusion Act

• prohibited Chinese immigrants from leaving California to settle in other states

• prohibited Chinese people from immigrating to the US for 10 years

• prohibited Chinese people from working in steel mill

• prohibited Chinese people from immigrating to the US for 20 years

The Statue of Liberty represented all of these EXCEPT what to immigrants?

• Freedom
• Excitement for a new life
• Opportunity to be successful
• Fear for a worse life

Immigrants faced this from native born Americans.  This means they were treated unfairly because of their race/ethnicity.

• diversity
• prejudice

What does it mean to migrate?

• To move from one place to another
• To sleep all winter
• To hunt for food
• To change houses