Theme Practice #1: MIG

The primary motivation for English migration to the Chesapeake colonies in the 17th century was:

• Religious freedom

• Economic opportunity through cash crops

• Escape from political persecution

• Expansion of empire

Which of the following best explains Native American migrations after European contact?

• New alliances strengthened their territorial control

• Disease and violence forced them to relocate inland

• European alliances prevented Native displacement

• Natives fully integrated into European colonial societies

Which 19th-century development most directly led to increased internal migration westward?

• The Proclamation of 1763

• The Market Revolution

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

• The Great Migration

What was the primary cause of Irish immigration to the United States in the 1840s?

• Civil war in Ireland

• Industrial job opportunities

• Religious persecution

• The potato famine

The Indian Removal Act (1830) primarily resulted in:

• Increased Native American citizenship rights

• Forced migration of Native tribes to western territories

• Voluntary relocation of Native groups

• Natives gaining more territory in the East

Which group faced nativist hostility during the late 19th century due to their migration patterns?

• Irish and German immigrants

• African Americans during the Great Migration

• Scandinavian homesteaders

• English Protestant migrants

The Great Migration during World War I was primarily caused by:

• Segregation laws in the South being overturned

• Labor shortages in northern cities

• Decline of agriculture in the North

• New immigration from Europe opening jobs

The 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act changed U.S. immigration policy by:

• Ending immigration entirely from Asia

• Re-establishing strict national origins quotas

• Opening immigration to more non-European groups

• Encouraging only skilled labor migration from Europe

During the late 20th century, migration to the Sun Belt was primarily driven by:

• Cheap farmland and agricultural jobs

• Expanding manufacturing economies

• Growth in high-tech industries and suburban living

• Desire to escape urban culture

One major impact of the Colombian Exchange on migration patterns was:

• A decline in European desire to colonize

• Large-scale European migrations and Native depopulation

• Native Americans migrating to Europe

• Asians dominating early North American settlement