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Immigration Test Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the name of the location in which immigrants entered the U.S. on the East Coast (in a harbor of New York)?

a)

Angel Island

b)

Hawiian Islands

c)

Ellis Island

d)

Treasure Island

2.

Which of the following is a reason people wanted to leave their country during 1880's-1920's?

a)

Not being able to practice their religion

b)

Trying to get away from violence

c)

to escape from and unfair government

d)

All of the above

3.

Most immigrants came to the U.S. because they thought they would have a better chance to find all of the following EXCEPT:

a)

a better job

b)

a better chance for a good life

c)

a better language

d)

adventure

4.

Which pair of answers below best shows examples of government oppression?

a)

Forcing people to be in the military and earthquakes

b)

The Irish Potato famine and high taxes

c)

People losing jobs due to new inventions and the growth of cities

d)

Forcing people to be in the military and high taxes

5.

Which of the following choices is a reason why cities grew so quickly?

a)

American Indians moved to the cities

b)

People moved west

c)

Immigration increased

d)

Immigration decreased

6.

to leave a country is to ....?

a)

Immigrate

b)

Assimilate

c)

Emigrate

d)

Immigrant

7.

Most immigrants came from which of the following areas in the 1880's to 1920's?

a)

Mexico

b)

Canada

c)

Europe

d)

Asia

8.

What symbol of hope greeted immigrants at the New York harbor when they arrived to the U.S.?

a)

Washington Monument

b)

Statue of Liberty

c)

American Flag

d)

Mount Rushmore

9.

Once in the U.S. and immigrant's greatest challenge was...?

a)

Meeting new friends

b)

finding a job

c)

finding the Statue of Liberty

d)

finding the Hull House

10.

All of the following were challenges that were faced by American cities from increased immigration EXCEPT:

a)

Not enough jobs

b)

overcrowding

c)

discrimination

d)

Poor, dirty living conditions and housing

11.

Where were places like the Hull House, the Salvation Arm and the YMCA created?

a)

to challenge politicians

b)

to help Native Americans

c)

to help former slaves who migrated form the South.

d)

to help the new immigrants

12.

Which two immigrant groups faced the most discrimination during this time and why?

a)

Chinese and Irish because they were from other countries

b)

Chinese and Irish because they were willing to work for lower wages (pay) which caused other Americans' wages go down.

c)

Yugoslavians and Italians because they were willing to do dangerous work

d)

Italians and Mexicans because they were willing to work long hours

13.

A push factor is a...?

a)

reason to LEAVE a country

b)

reason to COME INTO a country

14.

A pull factor is a...?

a)

reason to LEAVE a country

b)

reason to COME INTO a country

15.

A settlement house

a)

helped organize railroad cars and other forms of transportation

b)

usually helped immigrants with education, recreation, and other needs

c)

was a place where criminals were kept while waiting for their trial

d)

was a place where politicians met to discuss politics

16.

Ghettos are

a)

places immigrants could eat in fancy, expensive restaurants

b)

places of religious worship for immigrants

c)

places where east and west city roads met

d)

poor areas of the city where immigrants of similar ethnic groups lived

17.

One reason many Americans moved from rural to urban areas in the late 1800's, early 1900's?

a)

immigration laws were very strict in urban areas

b)

electric heat and air condition was available

c)

Native American reservations

d)

urban areas offered many job opportunities

18.

This was a negative effect on cities because of immigration:

a)

Cities faced the challenge of overcrowded tenements and ghettos

b)

immigrants brought with them the desire to work

c)

the nation became more diverse

d)

there was more labor available for industrialization

19.

"Wherever we put them, we found them good, and they worked themselves into our favor to such and extent that if we found we were in a hurry for a job of work, it was better to put them on at once."--Charles Crocker


In the quote above, Charles Crocker, a contractor for the Central Pacific Railroad was referring to the hiring of which immigrant group as railroad workers?

a)

Scandinavians

b)

Irish

c)

Chinese

d)

African Americans

20.

Cause: Rapid urbanization and industrialization

Effect?

a)

surplus of food and land

b)

decline in disease and illness

c)

limited access to transportation

d)

overcrowding in urban neighborhoods

21.

the negative effects of industrialization include low wages, long hours and...?

a)

labor unions

b)

unsafe working conditions

c)

high pay

d)

invention of reaper

22.

What is the best reason for why people of the Jewish religion came to the U.S.?

a)

famine (starvation)

b)

an end to suffrage

c)

gold and riches

d)

religious freedom

23.

What is a good title for this photograph?

a)

Workers on strike

b)

Union Meeting

c)

Tenement Living

d)

The Land of Opportunity

24.

Job opportunities caused movement in America. People moved from--

a)

cites to the country

b)

the U.S. to Mexico

c)

The U.S. to Canada

d)

the rural countryside to the city

25.

Why were establishments such as Hull House, the Salvation Army, the YMCA and YWCA created?

a)

to challenge the political machines

b)

to help Native Americans to assimilate

c)

to help former slaves who migrated from the South

d)

to help the new immigrants