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Immigration People and Vocabulary

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 52mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
This person started Hull House in Chicago.
a)
Jane Addams
b)
Emma Lazarus
c)
Boss Tweed
2.
People that permanently move to a new country to live.
a)
urbanization
b)
immigrants
c)
oppressive
3.
An area in a city where immigrants with similar backgrounds might choose to live.
a)
tenements
b)
settlement houses
c)
ethnic neighborhoods
4.
This inventor developed the first telephone.
a)
Alexander G. Bell
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
Boss Tweed
5.

Moving to the cities from rural areas which could cause overcrowding in the city

a)

urbanization

b)

tenements

c)

oppressive

6.
Her poem encouraged immigrants to come to America and experience opportunity and freedom.
a)
Alexander G. Bell
b)
Jane Addams
c)
Emma Lazarus
7.
Immigrants could not afford to live in apartments with high rent so they would live in these buildings
a)
tenements
b)
settlement houses
c)
ethnic neighborhoods
8.
This inventor improved the lightbulb so it would last longer.
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
Alexander G. Bell
c)
Boss Tweed
9.
This New York politician was caught stealing money from his supporters.
a)
Jane Addams
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
Boss Tweed
10.

A community or resource center for immigrants and city residents looking for a place to take classes, find information about housing or jobs.

a)

tenement

b)

settlement house

c)

ethnic neighborhood

11.

Identify the example(s) of ethnic neighborhoods we have discussed

a)

Chinatown

b)

New Mexico

c)

Little Italy

d)

Reservation Road

12.

The Statue of Liberty was a gift to the United States from which country?

a)

England

b)

France

c)

Russia

d)

Canada

13.

Identify the reason(s) an immigrant would live in an ethnic neighborhood when first arriving in the United States.

a)

to be surrounded by people similar to them

b)

rent for the apartment was more affordable

c)

to be around stores that would sell things they have back home

d)

to be around people that spoke their native language

14.

Alexander G. Bell's mother and wife both had this disability

a)

they both could not see

b)

they both could not hear

c)

they both could not walk

d)

they both could not speak