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WorksheetsLesson 1-The new immigrants
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
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Class
Date
1.
The NEW immigrants who came to the United States AFTER 1880 were mainly from
a)
Russia
b)
Northern and Western Europe
c)
Southern and Eastern Europe
d)
Japan and China
2.
What is an ethnic group
a)
People who are not American citizens
b)
Everyone living in a particular country
c)
the children of immigrants
d)
People with the same cultural backgrounds
3.
Immigrants came to the United States for______
a)
economic opportunity
b)
fair treatment
c)
escape from poverty and oppression
d)
all of these
4.
What was the most important reason immigrants traveled in the steerage section?
a)
a ticket in steerage cost more than other tickets
b)
a ticket in steerage cost less than other tickets
c)
allowed them to be with family
d)
it was against the law to be anywhere else
5.
The purpose of Ellis Island was to _______
a)
inspect the immigrants before they could enter the united states
b)
teach immigrants english
c)
give immigrants information about housing
d)
educate immigrants on how to assimilate
6.
What does "assmilate" mean?
a)
to learn a new language
b)
to set up an ethnic neighborhood
c)
to become part of the culture of one's new country
d)
to maintain old traditions and beliefs
7.
Immigrants from Asia entered the united states by the West coast, through_________
a)
the statue of liberty
b)
Ellis island
c)
Angel island
d)
Settlement houses
8.
The agreement between the united states and japan in 1907_______
a)
limited the number of japanese immigrants
b)
became a law in 1917
c)
applied only to japanese men
d)
caused japanese immigrants to return home
9.
People who resented new immigrants and blamed them for crime, unemployment and other problems were called __________
a)
Nativists
b)
Progressives
c)
Assimilists
d)
Native Americans
10.
Most immigrants found work in___________
a)
Schools
b)
Churches
c)
Factories
d)
Farms
11.
Conditions that drive people to leave their homes are called_________factors
a)
Pull
b)
Push
c)
Real
d)
Twist
12.
Conditions that attract people to immigrate to another country are called_________factors
a)
Pull
b)
Push
c)
Real
d)
Twist
13.
The law passed in 1882 that banned Chinese workers from coming to the united states was called________
a)
The Chinese inclusion Act
b)
The Chinese exclusion Act
c)
The Chinese workers agreement
d)
The Chinese dilemma
14.
Poverty, oppression, religious persecution along with famine and lack of work were all_________
a)
Push factors
b)
Pull factors
c)
Factors of life
d)
max factor
15.
Jobs, land, freedom of religion as well as adventure were all_________
a)
Push factors
b)
Pull factors
c)
Factors of life
d)
max factor
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