Immigration Project Makeup

What is the name of the East Coast processing center immigrants went through in the early 1900s?

• Angel Island

• Long Island

• Ellis Island

• Colossus Island

All are examples of a Push Factor EXCEPT:

• Factory Jobs Available

• Religious Persecution

• Political Persecution

• Extreme Poverty

What was the main reason immigrants were detained at Ellis Island?

• No money

• Medical Issues

• No family to meet them

• Couldn't speak English

What is the name of the crowded apartments that Immigrants lived in?

• Nativists

• Skyscrapers

• Tenements

• Steerage

People who are Nativists tend to:

• Accept New Immigrants

• Oppose New Immigrants

• Love New Immigrants

• Have no opinion on new Immigrants

What is an example of immigrants assimilating into American culture?

• Refusing to get a job

• Learning to Speak English

• Only speaking in their native language

• Opposing immigrants coming over

What Push Factor caused Jewish people in Russia to come to the United States?

• War

• Political Issues

• Religious Persecution

• The Potato Famine

The benefit of living in an ethnic neighborhood was:

• Meeting new people from other countries

• Setting up pen pals across the ocean

• Having people from your same culture helping you

• They didn't help at all

Which term means City Life?

• Rural

• Urban

• Agricultural

• Barren

Which region of Europe did most Immigrants come from in the early 1900s?

• Northern and Western Europe

• Northern Europe

• Western Europe

• Southern and Eastern Europe