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WorksheetsImmigration
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 19mins
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Class
Date
1.
What is a main reason immigrants came to the US in the late 1800s and early 1900s?
a)
Did NOT want religious freedom
b)
Hoped for economic opportunity (to make money)
c)
Wanted LESS diversity
d)
Wanted to live more simply
2.
Why did immigrants often live in neighborhoods with others from their homelands?
a)
It was illegal to live anywhere else
b)
They didn't want to be in the US
c)
It made their adjustment to their new life easier
d)
No other housing was avaliable
3.
What challenges did immigrants face in the US?
a)
They caught diseases
b)
Had trouble learning the language/faced prejudice
c)
Uncomfortable in the large homes in the US
d)
Difficult to study for the citizenship test
4.
Where were most immigrants from?
a)
Italy
b)
Slavic Countries
c)
Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico
d)
Europe
5.
Immigrants from Europe came here first. They were taken by ferry boat here.
a)
Angel Island
b)
Ellis Island
6.
Immigrants were checked for dangerous diseases because...
a)
They didn't want them to bring them into the US
b)
They were discriminating against immigrants
c)
They had prejudice and did it just to be mean
7.
Why did doctors examine immigrants?
a)
To make sure they didn't spread an illness
b)
To give them medicine
c)
To track growth rates
d)
To give shots
8.
Which is NOT a reason people left their homelands?
a)
Famine
b)
Poverty
c)
War
d)
Weather
9.
Which is a reason people came to America?
a)
Baseball
b)
Colleges
c)
Job opportunities
d)
Vacation
10.
What was the reason people came to Ellis Island and eventually America?
a)
They wanted more freedom.
b)
They were looking for jobs.
c)
They suffered famine and war in their own country
d)
All of these are reasons they came to America.
11.
What national monument is located near Ellis Island?
a)
The White House
b)
The Statue of Liberty
c)
Mount Rushmore
d)
The Washington Monument
12.
Why did new immigrants face discrimination?
a)
they came through Ellis Island
b)
they formed unions
c)
they were paid higher wages
d)
their language and customs were different
13.
What is the significance of Ellis Island?
a)
It was the place where most European immigrants settled.
b)
It was the place where most European immigrants passed through before they became citizens.
c)
It was the place where unwanted immigrants were sent by the U.S. government.
d)
It was the headquarters of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service.
14.
Between 1860 and 1910, the U.S. population tripled due to:
a)
The Baby Boom
b)
Immigration
c)
The Homestead Act
d)
Better Healthcare
15.
What do the words immigration, migration and emigrate all have in common?
a)
travelling by sea
b)
moving from one place to another
c)
Going on a holiday
d)
Shifting houses
e)
moving from one place to another
16.
Most immigrants traveled
a)
first class
b)
second class
c)
steerage
d)
fourth class
17.
Which one is NOT a reason that immigrants came to the US?
a)
poverty and war
b)
religious freedom
c)
to face descrimination
d)
job opportunities
18.
In 1892, the United States government opened Ellis Island primarily to
a)
Process immigrants arriving from overseas
b)
Defend New York City from attack
19.
What is a refugee?
a)
A person who is forced to leave their home country because of war or natural disaster
b)
A politician
c)
A cartoonist
d)
A person who goes on vacation for a long period of time
20.
Which is an example of a PULL factor?
a)
Promise of freedoms and hope for a better life
b)
Lack of jobs
c)
Poverty and hardships
21.
Sometimes people had to wait for days or weeks at Ellis Island before they could enter the U.S.
a)
True
b)
False
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