Social Studies Benchmark Unit 7 & 8

Which country did not contribute many early settlers, or immigrants, to America?

• Poland

• Holland

• England

• Germany

The potato blight struck which country?

• England

• Russia

• Ireland

• United States

Which city was a port of entry to the United States for many Asian immigrants?

• Boston

• New York

• New Orleans

• San Francisco

Before the Civil War, which group of immigrants took the hardest, lowest-paying jobs?

• the Chinese

• the Italians

• the Irish

• the Germans

What is a tenement?

Why did immigration to the United States slow down during the mid-1860s?

• improvements in European economy

• the French Revolution

• the expense of the voyage

• the Civil War

After the Civil War, where did most immigrants settle?

• mountains

• cities

• farmland

• suburbs

What kinds of jobs were open to most New Immigrants?

• farming

• teaching

• law

• factory and construction

Immigrants from China and Japan tended to settle in which region of the United States?

• East

• South

• West

• Midwest

Which country gave the Statue of Liberty to the United States?

• Germany

• Italy

• France

• England