Unit 5 Immigration Review

Name the island in San Francisco where Chinese immigrants were often detained.

• Alcatraz

• Angel Island

• Ellis Island

• Long Island

Imagine you're an immigrant arriving at Ellis Island with your friends Michael and Nora. How long do you think you'd typically be detained before starting your new adventure in America?

• You could usually leave that same day.

• 6 months

• 48 hours

• 2 weeks

Fill in the blank: Because Chinese immigration was severely limited, some created fake documents pretending to have parents in the U.S. These people were called ____________ sons and daughters.

How long were Chinese immigrants at Angel Island typically detained?

• They could usually leave that day.

• 48 hours

• 2-3 weeks

• 6 months

What kinds of push factors contributed to kids like these emigrating from Ireland to America in the mid-1800s? Check all that apply.

• Lack of opportunity

• Getting an education in America

• The failure of the potato crop

• Discrimination against Catholics

Mwa ha ha.... I killed the potato crops in Ireland. What am I?

• famine

• blight

• freedom of religion

• no money

Which of these things has been an example of a pull factor to the U.S. in history?

• Poverty at home

• No jobs at home

• Discrimination against African Americans in the U.S.

• Greater freedom (of speech, press, religion, etc.)

Choose the correct characteristics of someone who is a "migrant."

• Living permanently in a foreign country.

• Someone who has legal immigration documents.

• Someone who does not have legal immigration documents.

• Someone who moves within their own country or across a border.

Imagine Aria is packing her bags to leave her country and start a new adventure in another land. What is Aria doing?

• emigrate

• immigrate

The first law in U.S. history that limited immigration from a specific country or ethnic group in 1882.

• The Chinese Exclusion Act

• National Origins Quota System

• Homeland Security Act

• Immigration and Nationality Act