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Immigration

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Between 1865 and 1915, how many immigrants entered the United States?

a)

2 million

b)

200 million

c)

25 million

d)

250,000

2.

Where did immigrants from Europe enter the United States?

a)

Riker's Island

b)

Angel Island

c)

Governor's Island

d)

Ellis Island

3.

Where did immigrants from Asia enter the United States?

a)

Ellis Island

b)

Governor's Island

c)

Riker's Island

d)

Angel Island

4.

Where did the majority of "new" immigrants from the late 1800s come from?

a)

eastern and southern Europe

b)

eastern and southern Asia

c)

northern parts of Africa

d)

Mexico and Central America

5.

What is one reason why immigrants could be returned to their home countries?

a)

they could not read or write english

b)

they could not read or write their own language

c)

they could not afford to buy a home

d)

they could not answer U.S. history questions

6.

Who was banned under the Exclusion Act of 1882?

a)

Italians

b)

Russians

c)

Japanese

d)

Chinese

7.

What did most people, especially nativists, associate immigrants with?

a)

a lack of religious beliefs

b)

violence and anarchy

c)

hard work and perserverence

d)

disease and a lack of education

8.

Which country gave the Statue of Liberty to the U.S. in 1886?

a)

France

b)

England

c)

Ireland

d)

Spain

9.

What is one example of assimilation?

a)

Immigrants changed their names during processing at Ellis Island

b)

Immigrants brought new foods, like spaghetti and bagels

c)

Immigrants settled in neighborhoods with other people from their homeland

d)

Immigrants learned to speak English

10.

What is the airless room below deck on a ship, where most immigrants stayed when traveling to the U.S.?

a)

steerage

b)

port

c)

starboard

d)

stern

11.

What type of person opposes all forms of government?

a)

communist

b)

socialist

c)

anarchist

d)

libertarian

12.

Which of the following was a pull factor that encouraged people to immigrate to the United States?

a)

religious persecution

b)

factory jobs

c)

political unrest

d)

overcrowding

13.

Which group opposed immigration, because they wanted to preserve the U.S. for white, American-born Protestants?

a)

nativists

b)

Native Americans

c)

anarchists

d)

immigrants

14.

Which of the following did not happen at Ellis Island?

a)

Immigrants had a physical exam.

b)

Immigrants attended classes on assimilating.

c)

Immigrants were quarantined for potential diseases.

d)

Immigrants had a mental exam.