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Immigration

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What phrase is used to describe America?
a)
blended
b)
melting pot
c)
adventurous
d)
lucky
2.

Give examples of immigrant "push" factors.

a)

Promise of a better life

b)

War or religious persecution

c)

Religious Freedom

d)

Better opportunities

3.
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
4.
Where did European immigrants enter when they came to America?
a)
Ellis Island
b)
Rhode Island
c)
Alcatraz
d)
Angel Island
5.
Where did Asian immigrants arrive when they came to America?
a)
Angel Island
b)
Rhode Island
c)
Ellis Island
d)
Fools Island
6.
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
7.

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

8.

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

9.
This group of immigrants faced discrimination due to stereotypes such as "hot-tempered", "loud", "violent", "drunkards".
a)
Italians
b)
Chinese
c)
Germans
d)
Irish
10.
This group of immigrants settled in great numbers in the Midwest.
a)
Italians
b)
Germans
c)
Irish
d)
Russians
11.
What major event caused millions of Irish immigrants to come to the United States?
a)
World War 1
b)
The Irish Potato Famine
c)
The Civil War
d)
The Gold Rush
12.
Why were so few Chinese immigrants allowed to come to the United States?
a)
Very few tried to come
b)
The voyage was too far and expensive
c)
There were no jobs available
d)
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
13.
Chinese immigrants were mainly employed by companies in which industry?
a)
auto building
b)
skyscraper building
c)
postage delivery
d)
railroad building
14.
Immigrants came to America to escape
a)
religious persecution
b)
famine
c)
poor economies
d)
all of the above
15.

Why did President Roosevelt intervene in the school segregation crisis in San Francisco?

a)

He wanted to help the African Americans

b)

He cared deeply about the civil rights of Japanese children

c)

He wanted to avoid going to war with Japan

d)

He wanted to end segregation in all schools all throughout the country

16.

What was life like for Mexicans in the 1920s in America?

a)

They found many high paying jobs throughout the country

b)

They were lynched

c)

They migrated throughout the US in search of low paying jobs

d)

Both B and C

17.

Nativists believed ..

a)

Immigrants threatened the American way of Life and Democracy.

b)

White Protestants were superior to other immigrant groups.

c)

Immigrants stole jobs from natives.

d)

All of the above.

18.
When Japan raised an angry protest at the segregation in schools of its emigrants, President Theodore Roosevelt worked out a deal called...
a)
National Agreement Act
b)
Japanese Agreement act
c)
Gentleman's Agreement 
d)
Civil Rights Act
19.
Native born workers feared that jobs would go to Chinese immigrants , who would... 
a)
work less hours.
b)
work for free.
c)
accept higher wages.
d)
accept low wages.
20.
DACA is the acronym for...    
a)
Deferred Act for Childhood Arrivals
b)
Delay Action for Childhood Arrivals
c)
Deferred Action for Adulthood Arrivals
d)
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals