WorksheetsThe Immigration in the USA
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 7mins
The American Declaration of Independence was issued on July 4th, (a) .
(Write the year in numbers.)
What does the abbreviation 'WASP' stand for?
(a)
Q: What was the religion of the first English settlers in North-America?
A: They were (a) .
Q: What was main the religion of the Italian, Irish and Eastern-European immigrants of the beginning of the 20th century?
A: They were predominantly (a) .
In the USA, the first anti-immigration Act was against Chinese labourers.
True.
False.
Catholics and Protestants are both Christians.
True.
False.
Today, most of the immigrants in the USA are from Europe.
True.
False.
Until the second half of the 20th century, most of the immigrants in the USA were from Europe.
True.
False.
Which statement is NOT true about the Puritans?
They were a Protestant group of Christians in the 16th and 17th century.
They disagreed with the teachings of the Church of England.
In the 17th century, they established settlements in the southeastern region of the current USA.
They wanted to worship God in a simple way.
In the colonial period, what did most of the immigrants do for a living in America?
They were farmers.
They were fur traders.
They built railways.
They wanted to find gold.
Between 1840 and 1880, which nations provided the majority of the immigrants in the USA?
Irish, British and German people
Italian, Slavic and Jewish people
Mexican and Chinese people
Who were the "old immigrants" in the USA?
Northern and Western Europeans
Southern and Eastern Europeans
Native Americans
The Puritans
Who provided the majority of the "new immigration" between 1880 to 1930? (More than one answer is possible.)
Slavic people (Poles, Czechs, Russians)
Italians and Romanians
Hungarians and Jews
Irish, British and German people
What is cultural assimilation?
The process in which a minority group gradually assumes the customs, values and beliefs of the majority group.
The reluctance of a minority group to give up their language and culture.
The process in which a minority group adapts the language of the majority group.
In the beginning of the 20th century, approximately 650 000-700 000 ethnic Hungarians migrated to the USA to seek a better life.
True
False
Most of the eastern and southern Europeans arrived to _____ in the beginning of the 20th century.
Ellis island
Angel island
The Bahamas
Today, most of the immigrants in the USA are from ____.
(More than one answer is possible.)
Mexico
Central America
Asia
Europe
The American society today is seen as an astonishing variety of cultures preserving their own distinctiveness. This picture is often called _____.
a salad bowl or vegetable soup
a melting pot
Today, most of the immigrants in the USA come from _____.
Mexico
India
Europe
China
From 1920 until 1965, quota restrictions drastically limited the number of immigrants arriving to the USA.
True
False
