Immigration Quiz

Immigration Quiz

8th Grade

20 Qs

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Immigration Quiz

Immigration Quiz

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20 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which statement is true?
The first immigrants to the United States arrived via the Bering Land Bridge about 7000 years ago
The first Europeans arrived in the present-day United States around 1750
Scientists are currently reevaluating the Bering Land Bridge theory of how people first came to North America
The first immigrants to the United States settled in the Great Lakes region

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In what part of the country did German immigrants tend to settle during the mid-19th century?
A. The Northeast
B. The Southeast
C. The Midwest
D. California

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the main reason that so many Irish immigrants arrived in the 1840s and 1850s?
A. Steamship companies actively recruited Irish immigrants during this time period, promising them good factory jobs
B. Conditions in Ireland were terrible, including a crop failure and famine
C. The Irish could no longer stand British persecution
D. Ireland was devastated by a drought during this period

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was one reason that Irish immigrants in particular faced prejudice and discrimination?
A. They were Protestant
B. They did not want to work
C. They were radical anarchists
D. They were Catholic.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following was not a major reason people moved from Scandinavia to the United States?
A. They were attracted to factory jobs in the eastern cities
B. The United States had abundant farmland
C. It was hard to find new land to farm in Scandinavia
D. They were recruited by American steamship and railroad companies

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Where did most Irish immigrants in the mid-19th century go?
A. The Northeast
B. The Southeast
C. The Midwest
D. California

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was one result of the Foreign Miners’ Tax of 1850?
A. Many non-immigrant miners left the mines to seek other work
B. Many more mines became profitable
C. Many more Chinese immigrants arrived to work in the mines
D. Many Chinese were forced out of the mines to find other work

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