Worksheetsimmigration
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 19mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Describe the voyage to America.
a)
Great food & lodging
b)
Crowded, diverse, smelly
c)
Quick, exciting, fun
d)
Entertaining, crowded, quick
2.
What was the west coast version of Ellis Island?
a)
San Fransisco Bay
b)
Heaven Island
c)
Angel Island
d)
Asian Island
3.
Why did "Americans" discriminate against the Chinese?
a)
There owned all the businesses in California
b)
They had a lot of money when they came to U.S.
c)
They opened too many restaurants
d)
They held onto their culture (language, food, clothing) & they thought they would take their jobs
4.
What was the first Immigration Law in the United States?
a)
Italian Exclusion Act of 1882
b)
Irish Exclusion Act of 1882
c)
Japanese Exclusion Act of 1882
d)
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
5.
Where did most immigrants live?
a)
Most lived in farming communities
b)
Most lived in the suburbs
c)
Most lived in big cities
d)
Most lived around lakes
6.
Give examples of immigrant "push" factors.
a)
Promise of a better life
b)
War or religious persecution
c)
Religious Freedom
d)
Religious Freedom
7.
This immigration inspection site was located on the East Coast and opened in 1892.
a)
Angel Island
b)
The Statue of Liberty
c)
Ellis Island
d)
New York City
8.
Where did immigrants in the West work?
a)
Factories, Industries
b)
Ranches
c)
Farms, Railroad, Mines
d)
Schools, Offices, Businesses
9.
How did immigrants decide to settle where they did?
a)
They settled in warmer climates
b)
They settled near water
c)
They settled by people of similar ethnic backgrounds
d)
They settled where immigrant officials sent them
10.
Where did many immigrants in the East work?
a)
Fisherman
b)
Ranches
c)
Farms
d)
Factories
11.
What problems could arise from immigrant groups living in the same area?
a)
Crime went up in certain areas
b)
There weren't enough jobs in the area
c)
It was harder for the immigrants to blend into Amer.culture.
d)
They couldn't share their culture with each other
12.
Why was America called the Melting Pot ?
a)
It represents all the different foods in America
b)
It represents the gov. requiring everyone to become the same
c)
It represents all people coexisting & living as 1 nation.
d)
It represents everyone getting jobs at restaurants
13.
Give example of immigrant pull factors?
a)
Overpopulation
b)
Political Persecution
c)
Abundance of Land & job opportunities
d)
War
14.
What was the first thing immigrants saw when they arrived in the U.S.?
a)
Angel Island
b)
Statue of Liberty
c)
Empire State Building
d)
Central Park
15.
Immigration push factors are…
a)
reasons people come to a new place
b)
reasons people leave their homelands
c)
reasons people begin working
d)
reasons people stop working
16.
Immigration pull factors are…
a)
reasons people come to a new place
b)
reasons people leave their homelands
c)
reasons people begin working
d)
reasons people stop working
17.
How does immigration positively impact the United States today?
a)
Creates cultural diversity & fill job vacancies
b)
They increase the population and increase medical services needed.
c)
Large movements of people lead to more security monitoring.
d)
Unemployment may rise if there are unrestricted numbers of incomers.
18.
Why were people fearful of immigrants?
a)
they were afraid they would bring disease into the United States
b)
they were afraid they would steal jobs
c)
the feared they would destroy America's culture
d)
they were fearful that they would claim land that Americans desired
19.
Unlike citizens, immigrants may not:
a)
Hold Jobs
b)
Vote
c)
Own property
d)
Attend public schools
20.
Immigrants had to pass a ___ inspection
a)
literature
b)
social studies
c)
health
d)
naturalization
21.
Most immigrants traveled
a)
first class
b)
second class
c)
steerage
d)
fourth class
22.
All of the following are challenges immigrants face except
a)
clothing
b)
jobs
c)
language
d)
prejudice
23.
Which term is the name of a restriction on immigration passed by Congress?
a)
Melting Pot Act
b)
Nativism Act of 1902
c)
Chinese Exclusion Act
d)
None of the above
24.
What is the term for the mixture of people of different cultures and races together into Americans?
a)
Mixing Bowl
b)
Angel Food Cake
c)
Fish Tank
d)
Melting Pot
25.
In general, why did most people immigrate to the U.S. in the late 19th and early 20th Century?
a)
Escape difficult conditions
b)
A bETTER life
c)
religious persecution
d)
all of the above
26.
During the period from 1880 to 1910, why did the majority of immigrants to the United States settle in urban areas in the North?
a)
The Populists were successful in preventing immigrants from buying farmland.
b)
Rapid industrialization had created many job opportunities.
c)
Labor unions gave financial help to immigrants willing to work in the factories.
d)
Most immigrants had lived in cities in their native countries.
27.
War, poverty, and discrimination are all examples of.......
a)
Pull Factors
b)
Push Factors
c)
Jump Factors
d)
Falling Factors
28.
Economic opportunities, religious freedom, and political and social equality are all examples of...
a)
Push Factors
b)
Pull Factors
c)
Falling Factors
d)
Jump Factors
29.
What is the Quota System?
a)
A system created to limit the number of immigrants who could be in America
b)
The end of the Civil War
c)
The Basic rules of Immigration
d)
The first rule of immigration
30.
Who immigrated to Angel Island?
a)
Mexican
b)
Chinese
c)
Italian
d)
Jewish
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