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Immigration and Urbanization Review

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the "6 second" inspection that immigrants has do pass at Ellis Island?

a)

legal inspection

b)

physical inspection

c)

IQ test

d)

literacy test

2.

Where was a new immigrant to the US most likely to live?

a)

rural area

b)

suburbs

c)

skyscraper

d)

tenements in ethnic enclaves

3.

What made it hard to enforce immigration laws for Canada and Mexico?

a)

business pressure to open the borders

b)

bribes by immigrants

c)

extremely long, unguarded borders

d)

political negotiation breakdowns

4.

The result of the Chinese Exclusion Act was

a)

prohibition for any Chinese to immigrate

b)

denied entry to all Chinese laborers

c)

a set quota on Chinese immigrants

d)

the development of a literacy test

5.

These were designed to test immigrants' knowledge and keep them out of the US

a)

literacy league

b)

literacy test

c)

physical exam

d)

hearing test

6.

What became a symbol of hope for European immigrants coming to America?

a)

Brooklyn Bridge

b)

Washington Monument

c)

Empire State Building

d)

Statue of Liberty

7.

What type of work did many Asian and Mexican immigrants in the Southwest find themselves doing?

a)

cattle ranching

b)

working in textile mills

c)

scientific research

d)

agricultural work on farms

8.

In the late 1800s, most immigrants were coming from ____.

a)

Western Europe

b)

Southern and Eastern Europe

c)

China

d)

Canada

9.

Immigrants often turned to ____ for economic help in exchange for ____.

a)

Political bosses, votes

b)

President, money

c)

Chinese people, labor

d)

Unions, dues

10.

Who became famous for the Settlement House movement and ran the Hull House in Chicago?

a)

Susan B. Anthony

b)

Jane Addams

c)

Dorothea Dix

d)

Betsy Ross

11.

Open area, below a ship's main deck, where most immigrants stayed on the trip to America

a)

Cabins

b)

Steerage

c)

First Class

d)

Stockage

12.

Organized, anti-Jewish attacks that forced many Jews to leave Russia

a)

Holocaust

b)

Pogroms

c)

Discrimination

d)

Purge

13.

Port of entry for most Asian immigrants arriving in San Francisco from 1910 to 1940.

a)

Angel Island

b)

Ellis Island

c)

Mackinac Island

d)

Alcatraz Island

14.

The Irish Potato Famine is an example of this.

a)

Push factor

b)

Pull factor

c)

Deciding factor

d)

Fun time

15.

Economic opportunity and religious freedom are examples of this.

a)

Push factor

b)

pull factor

c)

deciding factor

d)

benefits

16.

Which of the following is a pull factor?

a)

Religious persecution

b)

lots of jobs available

c)

famine

d)

war

17.

Which of the following is NOT a pull factor?

a)

War

b)

More jobs

c)

Religious tolerance

d)

Freedom and Democracy

18.

A community center that provided a variety of services to the poor, especially to immigrants

a)

tenement holuse

b)

political boss

c)

settlement house

d)

city park

19.

Sent to friends and relatives in the old country, made the US look like a paradise

a)

America letters

b)

Emails

c)

Immigrant letters

d)

patents

20.

A forced return of immigrants to their home country

a)

detention

b)

deportation

c)

exile

d)

banishment

21.

Assimilation of immigrants into American society; a goal of nativists

a)

Americanization

b)

Salad Bowl

c)

Genocide

d)

Xenophobia

22.

What is xenophobia?

a)

Fear of people from other countries

b)

Fear of Xena: Warrior Princess

c)

Fear of the letter X

d)

Fear of anarchy

23.

Port of entry for most European immigrants arriving in New York between 1892 and 1954

a)

Manhattan Island

b)

Angel Island

c)

Alcatraz Island

d)

Ellis Island

24.

Neighborhoods in a city that had distinct ethnic flavors, like Little Italy or China Town.

a)

Ethnic Enclaves

b)

Ethnic Pogroms

c)

Visitor Villages

d)

Migrant Masses

25.

The idea that America is made up of many distinct cultures mixed together. You can still identify each individual culture.

a)

Soup Bowl

b)

Melting Pot

c)

Salad Bowl

d)

Americanization

26.

Idea that American culture is a blended up version of the cultures of everybody that is here. It is impossible to distinguish different cultures because everybody is the same.

a)

Melting pot

b)

Salad bowl

c)

Blending Bowl

d)

Culture Crockpot

27.

People who were born in American who were afraid of or didn't like the new migrants. They thought native-born Americans were better.

a)

Nativists

b)

Native Americans

c)

Purebloods

d)

Muggles

28.

Which place, called "Gold Mountain", had lots of gold that was a huge pull factor for Chinese immigrants?

a)

Utah

b)

Louisiana

c)

California

d)

Montana

29.

What were the poorly built apartment buildings which many immigrants lived in called?

a)

Tenements

b)

Settlement houses

c)

Projects

d)

Suburbs

30.

Which of the following was not a source of help for Immigrants?

a)

Immigrant Aid Societies

b)

Friends and Family

c)

Settlement Houses

d)

Tenement Houses

31.

Which of the following was a reason Nativists disliked new immirants?

a)

They had different customs, traditions, and languages

b)

They took jobs for lower wages

c)

They were afraid of their ideas taking over America

d)

They looked different

e)

All of the above

32.

True or False: Many immigrants were not paid enough money to have their own place to live so they crowded in with others in one room apartments.

a)

True

b)

False

33.

True or False: Most immigrants became rich and successful like Andrew Carnegie.

a)

True

b)

False

34.

True or False: Ellis island was harder to get through and the tests were more difficult than Angel Island.

a)

True

b)

False

35.

True or False: Colored ballots allowed illiterate immigrants to vote but also let people like political bosses know who they were voting for.

a)

True

b)

False

36.

Which of the following was not a problem in cities during the Gilded Age?

a)

Risk of fire

b)

Unsanitary conditions on the streets

c)

poorly constructed tenements

d)

Sewer systems

37.

True or False: Immigrants were sometimes hired to replace workers who were on strike, leading to unrest and violence.

a)

True

b)

False

38.

True or False: Asian immigrants had it easier than European immigrants because their culture and looks were not much different than other Americans.

a)

True

b)

False

39.

What percent of immigrants were sent back to their original country after failing the tests at Ellis Island?

a)

2%

b)

5%

c)

10%

d)

20%

40.

If you failed your medical exam or legal inspection at Ellis Island, you would be sent back where you came from.

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Sometimes - few who failed were allowed in

d)

Sometimes - few who failed were sent back