Immigration to America Quiz

Which country did not contribute many early settlers, or immigrants, to America?

• Poland

• Holland

• England

• Germany

The potato blight struck which country?

• England

• Russia

• Ireland

• United States

Which city was a port of entry to the United States for many Asian immigrants?

• Boston

• New York

• New Orleans

• San Francisco

What made the United States so attractive to European farmers?

• temperate climate

• plenty of land available

• both a and b

• neither a nor b

Before the Civil War, which group of immigrants took the hardest, lowest-paying jobs?

• the Chinese

• the Italians

• the Irish

• the Germans

What is a tenement?

• a kind of food from Germany

• a boat that carried immigrants

• a crowded apartment building

• a tool for building canals

Why did immigration to the United States slow down during the mid-1860s?

• improvements in European economy

• the French Revolution

• the expense of the voyage

• the Civil War

What is the name for the wave of immigration to the United States after the Civil War?

• westward movement

• manifest destiny

• Old Immigration

• New Immigration

After the Civil War, where did most immigrants settle?

• mountains

• cities

• farmland

• suburbs

What kinds of jobs were open to most New Immigrants?

• farming

• teaching

• law

• factory and construction