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WorksheetsImmigration and Urbanization Review
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
What was the "6 second" inspection that immigrants has do pass at Ellis Island?
legal inspection
physical inspection
IQ test
literacy test
Where was a new immigrant to the US most likely to live?
rural area
suburbs
skyscraper
tenements in ethnic enclaves
What made it hard to enforce immigration laws for Canada and Mexico?
business pressure to open the borders
bribes by immigrants
extremely long, unguarded borders
political negotiation breakdowns
The result of the Chinese Exclusion Act was
prohibition for any Chinese to immigrate
denied entry to all Chinese laborers
a set quota on Chinese immigrants
the development of a literacy test
These were designed to test immigrants' knowledge and keep them out of the US
literacy league
literacy test
physical exam
hearing test
What became a symbol of hope for European immigrants coming to America?
Brooklyn Bridge
Washington Monument
Empire State Building
Statue of Liberty
What type of work did many Asian and Mexican immigrants in the Southwest find themselves doing?
cattle ranching
working in textile mills
scientific research
agricultural work on farms
In the late 1800s, most immigrants were coming from ____.
Western Europe
Southern and Eastern Europe
China
Canada
Immigrants often turned to ____ for economic help in exchange for ____.
Political bosses, votes
President, money
Chinese people, labor
Unions, dues
Who became famous for the Settlement House movement and ran the Hull House in Chicago?
Susan B. Anthony
Jane Addams
Dorothea Dix
Betsy Ross
Open area, below a ship's main deck, where most immigrants stayed on the trip to America
Cabins
Steerage
First Class
Stockage
Organized, anti-Jewish attacks that forced many Jews to leave Russia
Holocaust
Pogroms
Discrimination
Purge
Port of entry for most Asian immigrants arriving in San Francisco from 1910 to 1940.
Angel Island
Ellis Island
Mackinac Island
Alcatraz Island
The Irish Potato Famine is an example of this.
Push factor
Pull factor
Deciding factor
Fun time
Economic opportunity and religious freedom are examples of this.
Push factor
pull factor
deciding factor
benefits
Which of the following is a pull factor?
Religious persecution
lots of jobs available
famine
war
Which of the following is NOT a pull factor?
War
More jobs
Religious tolerance
Freedom and Democracy
A community center that provided a variety of services to the poor, especially to immigrants
tenement holuse
political boss
settlement house
city park
Sent to friends and relatives in the old country, made the US look like a paradise
America letters
Emails
Immigrant letters
patents
A forced return of immigrants to their home country
detention
deportation
exile
banishment
Assimilation of immigrants into American society; a goal of nativists
Americanization
Salad Bowl
Genocide
Xenophobia
What is xenophobia?
Fear of people from other countries
Fear of Xena: Warrior Princess
Fear of the letter X
Fear of anarchy
Port of entry for most European immigrants arriving in New York between 1892 and 1954
Manhattan Island
Angel Island
Alcatraz Island
Ellis Island
Neighborhoods in a city that had distinct ethnic flavors, like Little Italy or China Town.
Ethnic Enclaves
Ethnic Pogroms
Visitor Villages
Migrant Masses
The idea that America is made up of many distinct cultures mixed together. You can still identify each individual culture.
Soup Bowl
Melting Pot
Salad Bowl
Americanization
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.
Melting pot
Salad bowl
Blending Bowl
Culture Crockpot
People who were born in American who were afraid of or didn't like the new migrants. They thought native-born Americans were better.
Nativists
Native Americans
Purebloods
Muggles
Which place, called "Gold Mountain", had lots of gold that was a huge pull factor for Chinese immigrants?
Utah
Louisiana
California
Montana
What were the poorly built apartment buildings which many immigrants lived in called?
Tenements
Settlement houses
Projects
Suburbs
Which of the following was not a source of help for Immigrants?
Immigrant Aid Societies
Friends and Family
Settlement Houses
Tenement Houses
Which of the following was a reason Nativists disliked new immirants?
They had different customs, traditions, and languages
They took jobs for lower wages
They were afraid of their ideas taking over America
They looked different
All of the above
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.
True
False
True or False: Most immigrants became rich and successful like Andrew Carnegie.
True
False
True or False: Ellis island was harder to get through and the tests were more difficult than Angel Island.
True
False
True or False: Colored ballots allowed illiterate immigrants to vote but also let people like political bosses know who they were voting for.
True
False
Which of the following was not a problem in cities during the Gilded Age?
Risk of fire
Unsanitary conditions on the streets
poorly constructed tenements
Sewer systems
True or False: Immigrants were sometimes hired to replace workers who were on strike, leading to unrest and violence.
True
False
True or False: Asian immigrants had it easier than European immigrants because their culture and looks were not much different than other Americans.
True
False
What percent of immigrants were sent back to their original country after failing the tests at Ellis Island?
2%
5%
10%
20%
If you failed your medical exam or legal inspection at Ellis Island, you would be sent back where you came from.
Yes
No
Sometimes - few who failed were allowed in
Sometimes - few who failed were sent back
