Immigration Quiz

Economic opportunities, religious freedom, political and social equality are all examples of...

• Push Factors

• Jump Factors

• Pull Factors

• Falling Factors

What is a tenement?

• A revolutionary war in Africa

• Poorly built, overcrowded apartment buildings

• The end of immigration

• A new form of transportation

Which of these would be a PULL factor for immigrants?

• Poverty and poor education

• Hope for a better future

• Oppressive government

• Civil unrest and war

Which of these would be a PUSH factor for immigrants?

• Better job opportunities

• Desire for adventure

• Religious freedom

• Disease and famine

Which of these people gained political power by taking advantage of immigrants?

• Booker T. Washington

• William "Boss" Tweed

• Henry "James" Miller

• George Washington Carver

In which of these cities would you find the first ever settlement house?

• Chicago

• Washington, DC

• New York City

• Boston

This person was responsible for creating the first settlement house that assisted immigrants in Chicago.

• Susan B. Anthony

• Martha Washington

• Jane Addams

• Ida B. Wells

What was the name of the group of corrupt politicians that took advantage of immigrants in New York City?

• Timothy Hall

• Timmony Hall

• Tammany Hall

• Tommy Hilfiger

Many immigrants were forced to live in _________, or run-down, dirty, and cramped apartment-like buildings.

• Tenements

• Mansions

• Villas

• Condos

What law prohibited any company or individual from bringing unskilled immigrants into the United States to work under contract?

• Alien Contract Labor Law of 1885

• Emergency Quota Act (1921)

• Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965

• Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882