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Why did immigration policy change in the late 1800's/early 1900's?
US passed laws limiting immigration
People didn't want to come to the US anymore
There was a war in the US
Countries wouldn't allow citizens to leave for the US
Where were most immigrants on the East Coast processed?
Washington, D.C.
Ellis Island
Angel Island
Boston
What term refers to cultural assimilation?
Imperialism
Nativism
Nationalism
Melting Pot
The process of becoming a part of another culture (learning the language, customs, etc.)
assimilation
nativism
nationalism
Social Darwinism
Which of the following caused the most prejudice against new immigrants in the United States during the late nineteenth century?
Americans believed that immigrants would be too successful in the communities they moved in to.
The United States had tense relations with many of the nations from which the immigrants came.
Heavy immigration caused overcrowding in rural areas and a rise in the price of crops.
Americans feared that immigrants would refuse to assimilate into American culture.
War, poverty, and discrimination are all examples of.......
Pull Factors
Push Factors
Which idea led to a rise in anti-immigrant groups and a demand for immigration restrictions?
Melting Pot
Assimilation
Nativism
All of the above
What was the Quota System?
A system created to limit the number of immigrants who could be in America
Banned child labor in he US
The poem on the Statue of Liberty
The number of workers allowed in labor unions
What is a tenement?
A new form of transportation
Poorly built, overcrowded apartment buildings usually in crowded city slums
A law limiting immigration
Someone who exposed corruption through investigative journalism
The following legislation was significant because it was the first law excluding a specific national group from entering the US:
National Origins Act
Chinese Exclusion Act
Nativism Act
Immigration Act
Nativists believed...
Immigrants threatened the American way of life and democracy.
White Protestants were superior to other immigrant groups.
Immigrants stole jobs from natives.
All of the above.
-Many Germans settled on farms in the Mid-West and grew various grains
-Chinese workers helped complete the western half of the Transcontinental Railroad
-Many Irish immigrants settled in cities and were the main labor source for factories
Which of the following would best complete the headlines above?
African Americans made no significant contributions to the United States
The major Chinese contributions to America were in the Northeast.
German contributions were more important than the Irish.
Many different ethnic groups contributed to the culture of America.
All immigrants who were processed at Ellis Island were immediately required to take a _________________.
literacy test
health inspection
citizenship test
job skills test
What was the biggest barrier for "new" immigrants" trying to assimilate into American society?
they had no skills
they were not motivated
they did not speak English
they ate different food
Most immigrants entering the U.S. in the early 1900's ("new immigrants") were coming from...
Northern and Western Europe.
Southern and Eastern Europe.
Asia
Mexico
Most immigrants lived in...
suburban houses
areas strictly segregated by law
ethnic neighborhoods
rural areas
Which is NOT a reason people left their homelands?
famine
poverty
war
too much work
A pull factor is:
Something that attracts/motivates people to move to a certain place
Something keeping immigrants in their home country
Something that is attracting immigrants to a bad situation
How many times the immigrant ship can be pulled to shore
When a country goes through war and poverty, this would be an example of a:
Push Factor
Pull Factor
Immigrant
Naturalization
The definition of refugee:
Someone who willingly leaves their country for another
A person who has been forced to leave their country because of something negative (war, natural disaster, etc.)
An artifact made by someone who witnessed an event in history
Someone who had nativist attitudes towards immigrants
Even before the Civil War, ________________ had wanted to limit immigration and preserve the country for native-born White Protestants.
labor unions
nativists
abolitionists
pogroms
Economic opportunities, religious freedom, and political and social equality are all examples of...
Push Factors
Pull Factors
As immigrants came into the United States, the first thing many saw was the Statue of Liberty.
Why was this significant?
The Statue of Liberty served as a reminder of the struggles Americans faced
The Statue of Liberty symbolized a release from all the hardships immigrants endured in their home country
The Statue of Liberty symbolized the discrimination awaiting them in their new country
The Statue of Liberty reminded immigrants of the opportunities left behind in their home country
Which factors explain the reasons immigrants came to the United States? (check all that apply)
Immigrants came because they believed in Manifest Destiny.
Immigrants came to spread the pride of their home countries
Immigrants came in search for better opportunities
Immigrants came to escape tough living conditions
Immigrants came because there were too many jobs in their home country
Which statement about immigration to the United States is the best example of the concept of the “melting pot”?
A family from Sweden moves to the United States, studies English, and adopts some U.S. customs
A young man from China moves to the United States, lives with relatives in a Chinese neighborhood, and speaks Chinese
A couple from Italy moves to the United States, speaks Italian, and practices Italian traditions
A woman from Russia moves to the United States, opens a restaurant for Russian immigrants, and serves Russian food
Immigration pull factors are…
reasons people come to a new place
reasons people leave their homelands
reasons people begin working
reasons people stop working
Examples of push factors include...
promise of a better life
war or religious persecution
religious freedom
free land
Why did unregulated immigration end in the 1920s?
US passed laws limiting immigration
People didn't want to come to the US anymore
There was a war in the US
Countries wouldn't allow citizens to leave for the US
Many Jewish people left Europe to avoid
Natural disasters
Religious persecution
Loss of skilled jobs
Loss of wages
What was the main function of the compound on Ellis Island?
Easing the cultural transition for new immigrants
Setting up work contracts for recent immigrants
To make immigration laws
Controlling immigration and monitor immigrants
An organized anti-Jewish attack that happened mainly in Russia.
Pogrom
Anti-Semitism
Pull Factor
Push Factor
How were the "new" immigrants who came to the U.S. in the late 1800s and early 1900s different from the "old" immigrants who came previously?
The new immigrants were more widely accepted into American culture.
The new immigrants mainly settled in the southern states and became farmers.
They came from Southern/Eastern Europe and from cultures different from the "old" immigrants
Most of the new immigrants came for a short time to earn money.
The tripling of the U.S. population between 1870 and 1910 was most directly caused by
rapid industrialization and immigration
the mechanization of agriculture
natural disasters around the world
integration of new states in the west
Increased immigration caused the greatest amount of growth in
northern cities
Great Plains farms
New England fishing communities
Southern plantations
Which expression illustrates the concept of Nativism?
"Help Wanted--Irish need not apply"
"Welcome to All"
"America: Melting Pot of Culture"
"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses"
How did immigrants decide to settle in order to make the transition to America easier?
They settled in warmer climates
They settled near water
They settled by people of similar ethnic backgrounds
They settled where immigrant officials sent them
Western native born American workers feared that jobs would go to Chinese immigrants , who would...
work less hours.
work for free.
accept higher wages.
accept low wages.
Immigrants might be refused entry to the USA because of
culture
illness
age
religious belief
Speaker A: A literacy test as a requirement for immigration to the United States is reasonable. Great numbers of uneducated workers take jobs and good wages from our workers.
Speaker B: Requiring literacy of immigrants is unfair. It will keep people out because they lacked the opportunity to gain an education.
Speaker C: A literacy test will allow more people from northern and western Europe to enter. They are similar to the majority of the United States population.
Speaker D: Literacy is not an issue. The real purpose of this law is to discriminate against immigrants from certain parts of the world.
Supporters of literacy tests to restrict immigration would most likely favor the views of which Speakers?
Speaker A and C
Speaker B and C
Speaker B and D
Speaker A and B
Base your answer to the following question on the poem excerpt below and on your knowledge of social studies.
"Keep ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
— Emma Lazarus, "The New Colossus," 1883
Which attitude about immigration is reflected in this poem, which is inscribed on the Statue of Liberty?
People from all nations should be welcomed.
Laws should be put in place restricting immigration
Educated professionals should be given preference.
Immigration should not be allowed.
In the 1890's, calls for limiting immigration were largely the result of...
nativist reactions toward Southern and Eastern Europeans
a desire to achieve a melting pot
the influence of industrialists
the adoption of a constitutional amendment
That the master of any vessel who shall knowingly bring within the United States on such vessel, and land or permit to be landed, any Chinese laborer, from any foreign port or place, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars for each and every such Chinese laborer so brought, and may be also imprisoned for a term not exceeding one year.
– Section 2, Chinese Exclusion Act, 1882
Passage of this legislation was mainly a response to...
economic and race-based opposition to immigrants in the western United States
demands by businesses for additional workers
efforts of the American Federation of Labor to recruit skilled workers
pressure from railroads to limit competition in shipping
Which statement is a valid generalization about immigration to the United States?
Asian immigration was encouraged throughout the 20th century.
Few restrictions on European immigration existed before the 1920s.
The original Constitution strictly limited immigration.
Federal immigration policies have not changed since 1900.
Speaker A: Until the 1880's, most immigrants came from the same European countries where colonial immigrants originated.
Speaker B: "New" immigrants of the late 1800's often experienced discrimination.
Speaker C: The use of a quota system is the best way to address the issues of immigration.
Speaker D: Today's immigrants take too many jobs away from those who were born in America.
The "new" immigrants referred to by Speaker B came mainly from...
Northern and Western Europe
Southern and Eastern Europe
Africa and Asia
Central America and South America
“Once I thought to write a history of the immigrants. Then I discovered that the immigrants were American history.”
- Oscar Handlin, The Uprooted
Which aspect of American society is referred to by this statement?
racism
assimilation
patriotism
prejudice
Which statement about immigration to the United States is most accurate?
The ethnic mix of immigrants to the U.S. has remained mostly unchanged
The desire for economic advantage has been a major reason for immigration to the U.S.
The number of immigrants has remained constant in each decade during most of U.S. history
Nearly all immigrants have easily assimilated into American culture
The following legislation was significant because it was the first law excluding a specific national group from entering the United States:
National Origins Act
Nativism Act
Chinese Exclusion Act
Immigration Act
Factories, improved transportation, and bridge-building all contributed to...
the growth of cities
a rise in crime
a decrease in immigrant populations
less government corruption
