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Immigration & Citizenship

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An _____ is a person who leaves one country to

settle permanently in another country.

a)

citizen

b)

immigrant

c)

alien

2.

The period when new machines were taking jobs from people was known as the _____.

a)

discrimination

b)

Industrial Cleaning

c)

Industrial Revolution

3.

Poor immigrants rode in the bottom part of the steamships. It was crowded and dirty and they had little food. This was called _____.

a)

steerage

b)

first class

c)

second class

4.

_____________ composed over 800 songs.

a)

Andrew Carnegie

b)

Albert Sabin

c)

Irving Berlin

5.

To be treated in ways that are not fair is also known as _______.

a)

discrimination

b)

immigrants

c)

steerage

6.

In order to become a US citizen, an immigrant has to be ______ years old.

a)

15

b)

18

c)

21

7.

In order to become a US citizen, an immigrant has to be able to ____.

a)

write the A,B,Cs.

b)

complete a lot of math questions

c)

read and write English

8.

In order to become a US citizen, an immigrant has to live here for at least _______.

a)

5 years

b)

10 days

c)

1 year

9.

In order to become a US citizen, an immigrant has to know some basic ________.

a)

grammar

b)

US history

c)

reading comprehension

10.

The statue that welcomes people to the United States is_____.

a)

the Statue of Liberty

b)

the Washington Monument

c)

Mount Rushmore

11.

The first place many immigrants to America went first was ____.

a)

Liberty Island

b)

Hawaii

c)

Ellis Island

12.

The crowded buildings that many immigrants lived in were called ____.

a)

tenements

b)

hotels

c)

sod houses

13.

The two groups of immigrants who were responsible for building the first railroad were the Chinese and the

a)

Italians

b)

Irish

c)

English

14.

Which one was not a problem for the immigrant farmers on the Great Plains?

a)

finding land

b)

insects

c)

harsh weather

15.

Which was NOT something that Andrew Carnegie did for the American people?

a)

built more than 3,000 schools

b)

built Carnegie Hall

c)

built libraries

16.

What does “E Pluribus Unum “mean?

a)

Out of one, many

b)

Out of many, one

c)

I have no idea because I didn't listen

17.

We can see our country's motto, “E Pluribus Unum “ on all the below EXCEPT....

a)

American money

b)

the Presidential Seal

c)

at the library

18.

Which of the following was NOT one of the 4 main reasons why immigrants came to America?

a)

freedom

b)

land

c)

presidents

d)

food

e)

an opportunity for a better life

19.

Only someone born in America can _____ .

a)

be elected as president.

b)

get land for free after farming it for 5 years.

c)

work in the factories.

d)

be considered an immigrant.

20.

People who want to become American citizens need to ___.

a)

be born in the US.

b)

go to school here.

c)

vote for president.

d)

make a promise called an oath.

21.

Immigrants who came to Ellis Island were turned away and sent home if ___.

a)

they were too young

b)

they couldn't speak English

c)

they were sick

d)

they were poor

22.

Many Irish immigrants came to the United States in the 1800s to escape ___.

a)

hard times because of lost jobs as weavers

b)

unfair treatment because of their religious beliefs

c)

hunger and starvation because of dying potato crops

23.

To get into the United States, many immigrants had to pass inspections at __.

a)

Carnegie Hall

b)

Little Italy

c)

Ellis Island

24.

When immigrants came to the United States, many stayed in the EASTERN part of the United States and lived in ___.

a)

the Great Plains

b)

big cities

c)

Ellis Island

25.

Thousands of immigrants moved west to ___.

a)

live in crowded apartment buildings

b)

work in coal mines

c)

farm on the Great Plains

26.

What is one right and duty of American citizens?

a)

voting

b)

passing a test

c)

taking an oath of allegiance