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Test: Immigration

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the first thing most European immigrants saw when they came to the United States?

a)

The Empire State Building

b)

The Statue of Liberty

c)

Shea Stadium

d)

The Brooklyn Bridge

2.

Riding in steerage, dirty, crowded, full of diseases. These were all conditions immigrants faced

a)

In their home countries

b)

At Ellis Island

c)

On ships while traveling to America

d)

In tenement housing

3.

Factors that attracted immigrants to America were know as

a)

Push Factors

b)

Pull Factors

c)

Melting Pot

d)

Assimilation

4.

Factors that drove immigrants from their countries were known as

a)

Push Factors

b)

Pull Factors

c)

Religious Freedom

d)

Abundance of Jobs

5.

Ellis Island or Angel Island


Located in New York

a)

Ellis Island

b)

Angel Island

6.

Ellis Island or Angel Island


Located in San Francisco

a)

Ellis Island

b)

Angel Island

7.

Ellis Island or Angel Island


Receiving station for immigrants from China and Japan

a)

Ellis Island

b)

Angel Island

8.

Ellis Island or Angel Island


Receiving station for immigrants from Europe

a)

Ellis Island

b)

Angel Island

9.

Old Immigrants or New Immigrants


Came to America from Ireland, England and Germany

a)

Old Immigrants

b)

New Immigrants

10.

Old Immigrants or New Immigrants


Came to America from Italy, Greece, Russia, Austria-Hungary and Poland

a)

Old Immigrants

b)

New Immigrants

11.

Old Immigrants or New Immigrants


Had a more difficult time assimilating due to the fact that the cultures were much different and they did not speak English

a)

Old Immigrants

b)

New Immigrants

12.

The process of becoming part of a new culture is know as

a)

Conforming

b)

Assimilation

c)

Segregation

d)

Exclusion

13.

This act stated that no Chinese labor could enter the United States

a)

Chinese Labor Act

b)

Chinese Exclusion Act

c)

Immigration Act

d)

Assimilation Act

14.

People who share a common culture are known as

a)

Classmates

b)

Immigrants

c)

Factory Workers

d)

Ethnic Groups

15.

Chinatown and Little Italy are examples of

a)

Culturally diverse areas

b)

Rural Areas

c)

Places where people of similar cultures settled

d)

Low populated regions with a need for workers

16.

A belief that a country should be preserved for its native born.

a)

Nativism

b)

Immigration

c)

Assimilation

d)

Imperialism

17.

Farming and country life

a)

Urban

b)

Rural

18.

Factory work and city life

a)

Urban

b)

Rural

19.

These apartments had no windows, no indoor bathrooms and up to 10 people could be living in a single room.

a)

Settlement Houses

b)

Boom Towns

c)

Town House

d)

Tenement Houses

20.

Which was not an attempt to combat problems in the cities

a)

Settlement Houses

b)

Chinese Exclusion Act

c)

Garbage Collection

d)

Building Codes

21.

This author wrote How the Other Half Lives which exposed the lives of poor people in the city.

a)

Jane Adams

b)

J.K. Rowling

c)

Jacob Riis

d)

David Allen Wright

22.

The idea that immigrants do not lose the unique aspects of their culture. Each culture is still identifiable.

a)

Melting Pot Theory

b)

Salad Bowl Theory

c)

Assimilation Theory

d)

Immigration Theory

23.

The idea that people from different cultures come to America and aspects of their culture create a new unique culture.

a)

Melting Pot Theory

b)

Salad Bowl Theory

c)

Assimilation Theory

d)

Immigration Theory

24.

Which of the following was a reason that Americans resented immigrants?

a)

Nativism

b)

Immigrants competed for jobs and worked for less

c)

Different languages and cultures

d)

All are reasons Americans resented immigrants

25.

This amendment required the government to treat people equally.

a)

1st Amendment

b)

13th Amendment

c)

14th Amendment

d)

23rd Amendment

26.

This court case ruled that "separate" facilities for whites and blacks were constitutional as long as they were "equal".

a)

Plessy v Ferguson

b)

Marbury v Madison

c)

Syndergaard v Bauer

d)

Brown v Board of Ed.