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Immigration

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which country did not contribute many early settlers, or immigrants, to America?

a)

Poland

b)

Madagascar

c)

England

d)

Germany

2.

The potato blight struck which country?

a)

England

b)

Russia

c)

Ireland

d)

France

3.

Which city was a port of entry to the United States for many Asian immigrants?

a)

New Orleans

b)

San Francisco

c)

Boston

d)

New York

4.

What made the United States so attractive to European farmers?

a)

temperate climate

b)

plenty of land available

c)

all of the above

5.

Before the Civil War, which group of immigrants took the hardest, lowest-paying jobs?

a)

the Chinese

b)

the Italians

c)

the Irish

d)

the Germans

6.

What is a tenement?

a)

a kind of food from Germany

b)

a boat that carried immigrants

c)

a crowded apartment building

d)

a tool for building canals

7.

Why did immigration to the United States slow down during the mid-1860s?

a)

improvements in European economy

b)

the French Revolution

c)

the expense of the voyage

d)

the Civil War

8.

What is the name for the wave of immigration to the United States after the Civil War?

a)

Old Immigration

b)

New Immigration

9.

After the Civil War, where did most immigrants settle?

a)

mountains

b)

cities

c)

farmland

d)

suburbs

10.

What kinds of jobs were open to most New Immigrants?

a)

teaching

b)

law

c)

physically hard and low-paying

11.

Immigrants from China and Japan tended to settle in which region of the United States?

a)

East

b)

South

c)

West

d)

Midwest

12.

Where does the Statue of Liberty stand?

a)

New York Harbor

b)

Plymouth Rock

c)

Jamestown Harbor

d)

San Francisco Bay

13.

Which country gave the Statue of Liberty to the United States?

a)

Germany

b)

Italy

c)

France

d)

England

14.

Which was the first stop in the United States for most European immigrants after 1892?

a)

Long Island

b)

Liberty Island

c)

Angel Island

d)

Ellis Island

15.

In 1882, all immigrants from which country were banned from entering the United States?

a)

Russia

b)

Germany

c)

China

d)

Italy