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WorksheetsImmigration Test Review
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
What was the name of the location in which immigrants entered the U.S. on the East Coast (in a harbor of New York)?
Angel Island
Hawiian Islands
Ellis Island
Treasure Island
Which of the following is a reason people wanted to leave their country during 1880's-1920's?
Not being able to practice their religion
Trying to get away from violence
to escape from and unfair government
All of the above
Most immigrants came to the U.S. because they thought they would have a better chance to find all of the following EXCEPT:
a better job
a better chance for a good life
a better language
adventure
Which pair of answers below best shows examples of government oppression?
Forcing people to be in the military and earthquakes
The Irish Potato famine and high taxes
People losing jobs due to new inventions and the growth of cities
Forcing people to be in the military and high taxes
Which of the following choices is a reason why cities grew so quickly?
American Indians moved to the cities
People moved west
Immigration increased
Immigration decreased
to leave a country is to ....?
Immigrate
Assimilate
Emigrate
Immigrant
Most immigrants came from which of the following areas in the 1880's to 1920's?
Mexico
Canada
Europe
Asia
What symbol of hope greeted immigrants at the New York harbor when they arrived to the U.S.?
Washington Monument
Statue of Liberty
American Flag
Mount Rushmore
Once in the U.S. and immigrant's greatest challenge was...?
Meeting new friends
finding a job
finding the Statue of Liberty
finding the Hull House
All of the following were challenges that were faced by American cities from increased immigration EXCEPT:
Not enough jobs
overcrowding
discrimination
Poor, dirty living conditions and housing
Where were places like the Hull House, the Salvation Arm and the YMCA created?
to challenge politicians
to help Native Americans
to help former slaves who migrated form the South.
to help the new immigrants
Which two immigrant groups faced the most discrimination during this time and why?
Chinese and Irish because they were from other countries
Chinese and Irish because they were willing to work for lower wages (pay) which caused other Americans' wages go down.
Yugoslavians and Italians because they were willing to do dangerous work
Italians and Mexicans because they were willing to work long hours
A push factor is a...?
reason to LEAVE a country
reason to COME INTO a country
A pull factor is a...?
reason to LEAVE a country
reason to COME INTO a country
A settlement house
helped organize railroad cars and other forms of transportation
usually helped immigrants with education, recreation, and other needs
was a place where criminals were kept while waiting for their trial
was a place where politicians met to discuss politics
Ghettos are
places immigrants could eat in fancy, expensive restaurants
places of religious worship for immigrants
places where east and west city roads met
poor areas of the city where immigrants of similar ethnic groups lived
One reason many Americans moved from rural to urban areas in the late 1800's, early 1900's?
immigration laws were very strict in urban areas
electric heat and air condition was available
Native American reservations
urban areas offered many job opportunities
This was a negative effect on cities because of immigration:
Cities faced the challenge of overcrowded tenements and ghettos
immigrants brought with them the desire to work
the nation became more diverse
there was more labor available for industrialization
"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?
Scandinavians
Irish
Chinese
African Americans
Cause: Rapid urbanization and industrialization
Effect?
surplus of food and land
decline in disease and illness
limited access to transportation
overcrowding in urban neighborhoods
the negative effects of industrialization include low wages, long hours and...?
labor unions
unsafe working conditions
high pay
invention of reaper
What is the best reason for why people of the Jewish religion came to the U.S.?
famine (starvation)
an end to suffrage
gold and riches
religious freedom
What is a good title for this photograph?
Workers on strike
Union Meeting
Tenement Living
The Land of Opportunity
Job opportunities caused movement in America. People moved from--
cites to the country
the U.S. to Mexico
The U.S. to Canada
the rural countryside to the city
Why were establishments such as Hull House, the Salvation Army, the YMCA and YWCA created?
to challenge the political machines
to help Native Americans to assimilate
to help former slaves who migrated from the South
to help the new immigrants
