Immigration to America Quiz

For what reasons did people immigrate to America in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?

• All of these

• They wanted jobs and land.

• They were harassed for their faith.

• They wanted to escape wars.

What statement best describes Ellis Island?

• a hospital for immigrants

• the place where immigrants came when they arrived in America

• part of the Statue of Liberty

• a vacation destination

What statements best describe challenges met by immigrants in America?

• the English language

• making friends and being accepted

• understanding the American culture

• all of these

What was the purpose of the National Origins Act?

• It required people to declare the place of their origins.

• It limited the number of immigrants allowed to enter the United States each year.

• It allowed war brides to become citizens.

• It allowed people to pass immigration inspection in their own countries.

How did the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 help Chinese immigrants?

• Chinese immigrants moved into destroyed neighborhoods.

• They were not affected because they did not live in San Francisco.

• It destroyed all records of citizenship.

• Chinese immigrants helped rebuild the city and were given citizenship in return.

In the 1800's and 1900's most immigrants came from

• Germany and other European countries

• Mexico and other Latin American countries

• Egypt and other African countries

• Australia

A immigrant may be afraid to migrate because of

• leaving family behind

• fear of the unknown

• not speaking the language

• all of these

Definition - unable to be changed or recovered

• influx

• irrevocable

• crooked

• migrated

Definition - the arrival of large numbers of people

• detained

• irrevocable

• influx

• ancestor

Definition - absorbed and added to

• assimilation

• influx

• irrevocable

• meager