TCI Immigration

How were immigrants expected to assimilate?

• Purchase business

• Change religious beliefs

• Adapt to a new way of life

What did the United States offer some immigrants that their homeland couldn't?

• Clean cities

• Jobs

• close family

Between 1880 and 1920, European immigrants were taken to ________ before entering the US.

• Ellis Island

• Angel Island

• Los Angeles

Why did many Americans resent immigrants?

• People thought they took jobs away from Americans

• People were jealous of their wealth and experience

• People thought the country would be too crowded

Which of these would prevent an immigrant from entering the United States?

• inability to speak English

• failure to pass a health exam

• inability to pay an entrance fee

Why did many Jews emigrate from eastern Europe?

• to attend university

• to escape pogroms

• to become wealthy

Which of these to true about most immigrants?

• They helped build the economy

• They offered skills but demanded higher pay

• They earned a lot of money and moved back to their homeland

What was an effect of the quota system established by Congress in 1921?

• immigration of Africans increased

• immigrants returned to their home countries

• The U.S had fewer immigrants than in the past

Nativism is most closely related to which of these words...

• tolerance

• racism

• diversity

Why did so many Mexicans come to the United States between 1910 and 1920?

• to search for gold

• to flee religious persecution

• to escape the Mexican Revolution