WorksheetsWaves of Immigration Studies Weekly
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What push factor caused many Germans to leave their homes?
disease and starvation
new opportunities at home
jobs building railroads
political unrest
What is a push factor for immigration?
land availability for farming
new factories being built
job availability in another country
crop failures in their home country
What is a pull factor for immigration?
lack of food in their own country
their government offering free land available for farming
new factories being built in their city
job availability in another country
Immigrants wanting to enter the US were asked questions to test their knowledge about America before being let in?
True
False
All immigrants who wanted to live in America were let in?
True
False
If problems could not be worked out, people were put back on the boat and sent back to their home country?
True
False
Congress officially organized a system of immigration laws starting in
1864
1903
1917
1942
The Immigration Act of 1903________________________________
allowed all who want to live in America to come in
stopped anarchists, those who rebel against authority through violence, from immigrating to America
encouraged people from Asia to immigrate to America
promised free land to everyone who immigrate to America that year
The Immigration Act of 1917 required immigrants to take what kind of test?
Math
Intelligence
Literacy
Geography
The Emergency Quota Act of 1921 did what?
Set limits on the number of people from a country would be allowed into America each year.
Excluded any Asian-Pacific people from immigrating into America
Excluded any German people from immigrating into America
Ended all limits that were set earlier, to open the borders to all who wanted to enter into America
What did the Immigration and Nationality Act (1952) do?
It allowed a small number of Asian people in the US and put a restriction on communist entering the country
It opened the border for all Asians who wanted to immigrate to America
It said that America does not have the right to limit who comes into the country
It ended all restrictions of those who wanted to immigrate into America
What did the Refugee Act of 1980 do?
It allows up to 50,000 refugees who are fleeing persecution and violence in their home country to immigrate into America
It allows 50,000 refugees into America every year
It closed the borders to all trying to immigrant into America
It sends up to 50,000 refugees yearly, who committed crimes in America back to their home country
About what fraction of Americans have ancestors that passed through Ellis Island?
about 1/3
about 1/2
about 75%
about 10%
Ellis Island is located in ?
New Hampshire
New York
Canada
Florida
What was the push factor for people in eastern Europe to immigrate?
famine
constant war
crop destruction
disease
Separatist were pushed out of England because?
they were not allowed to freely practice their religion
there was a 3 year drought
there were new industries opening in America
they were looking for gold and wanted to become wealthy
What are push-pull factors for immigrating?
the rule for deciding who will be allowed to immigrate into America
the circumstances or events that causes people to immigrate
the rule that determines the number of immigrants allowed into America each year
the check list that is done on each immigrant before they are allowed to enter America
Which of the following is NOT a job that immigrant children did?
selling newspapers
sewing and cleaning for people
doing yard work for people
working in factories
What made life difficult for immigrant children?
They were not able to go to school
They had terrible teachers and lots of homework every day
finding clothes to wear in the new country
helping the family earn money
What kinds of activities did the immigrant child do during the day?
play outside with their friends
went to work or worked doing chores at home
went to school, and watched their siblings
went to school and then went to tutoring
