Immigration

Which of the following was a "push" factor for emigration?

• Skilled labor replaced by machines.

• Alien invasion in Europe

• The Gold Rush

• All of the above.

Which of the following was a "pull" factor for immigration?

• The Gold Rush

• Letters and newspapers articles that stirred up "American Fever"

• Increasingly cheap passage to the U.S.

• All of the above

Emigration is best described as:

• Birds flying south for winter

• Leaving one country for another

• Coming to a country to settle permanently

• None of the above

Immigration is best described as:

• Birds flying south for winter

• Leaving one country for another

• Coming to a country to settle permanently

• None of the above

What was the Great Famine caused by?

• A tomato-eating beetle in Mexico.

• Lack of precipitation in France.

• A siege of Germany by the Allies.

• A potato blight in Ireland.

True or False: New Immigrants were mostly skilled laborers.

• True

• False

True or False: Most "Old" immigrants came from Britain, Ireland, or Germany.

• True

• False

New Immigrants mostly came from:

• China and Japan

• Western Europe and Scandinavia

• Southern and Eastern Europe

• Canada and Mexico

Most "New" immigrants worked:

• Factory jobs

• Farming jobs

• Skilled jobs

• Mario Cart Racing Jobs

True or False: Most Italian immigrants tended to settle in communities of other Italians.

• True

• False