Immigration in the Gilded Age

Why is America sometimes called “The Great Melton pot”?

• America has the best pasta

• With the exception of native Americans, half of the population of the United States was immigrated

• Because America produces

• With the exception of native Americans, all of the population of the United States was immigrated

Are Native Americans considered immigrants?

• True

• False

Between 1870-1900 it is estimated how many people immigrated to the U.S.?

• Over 600,000

• Over 15 million

• Over 20 million

• Over 11 million

What was the main purpose of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882?

• To promote Chinese immigration

• To limit European immigration

• To curb Chinese immigration

• To support Chinese citizenship

Most of the European immigrants came into the USA through a processing center called Ellis Island in

• Florida

• New York

• Georgia

Why did so many Chinese immigrants come to America?

• To open restaurants

• The California Gold Rush

• The Toyota Plant

• To The Chinese Exclusion Act

The process of moving to another country to take up permanent residence.

• Immigration

• Urbanization

• Migration

• Nativism

Why was the Statue of Liberty important to immigrants?

• It greeted them as they came to New York

• It greeted them as they came to Virginia

• Its where the immigrants slept when they first arrived

• They helped build it

The immigration center in New York City before 1892 was known as?

• Castle Garden

• Ellis Island

• The Help Center

• The White House

Most immigrants during the Gilded Age come were from

• Central Europe

• Southern and Eastern Europe

• South America

• Northern Europe