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APUSH Immigration Mid-1800s

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which was not a reason for population increase in the US in the mid-1800s?

a)

Improvements in Public Health

b)

Refugees from the Ottoman Empire

c)

High Birth Rate

d)

Immigration Revival in the 1830s

2.

What city grew to be the largest in the US?

a)

Chicago

b)

Philadelphia

c)

Washington D.C.

d)

New York

3.

What was the US population around by the end of the 1850s?

a)

31 million

b)

47 million

c)

9 million

d)

83 million

4.

What nationality were the majority of immigrants?

a)

British and French

b)

Mexican and Spanish

c)

German and Irish

d)

Prussian and Ottoman

5.

The failure of what in Ireland lead to increased Irish immigration?

a)

Water Supply

b)

Food Supply

c)

The Monarchy

d)

The Economy

6.

What ideology arouse around increased immigration?

a)

Anti-Semitism

b)

Communism

c)

Catholicism

d)

Nativism

7.

Who were Protestants worried about gaining a foothold in America?

a)

Methodists

b)

Muslims

c)

Catholics

d)

Jewish

8.

Who did many immigrants vote for?

a)

Democrats

b)

Republicans

c)

Whigs

d)

Federalists

9.

Who mainly made up the Native American Party?

a)

Indians

b)

African-Americans

c)

Whites

d)

Latinos

10.

What was not a demand of the SOSSB?

a)

To Ban Catholics and Foreign-Borns from holding public office

b)

More rights for states

c)

More restrictive naturalization laws

d)

Literacy tests for voting

11.

In what region did the Native American Party have the most success?

a)

The Northeast

b)

The South

c)

The West

d)

The Great Lakes

12.

Around when did the Know Nothings strength decline?

a)

1832

b)

1844

c)

1867

d)

1854