WorksheetsImmigration
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which country did not contribute many early settlers, or immigrants, to America?
Poland
Madagascar
England
Germany
The potato blight struck which country?
England
Russia
Ireland
France
Which city was a port of entry to the United States for many Asian immigrants?
New Orleans
San Francisco
Boston
New York
What made the United States so attractive to European farmers?
temperate climate
plenty of land available
all of the above
Before the Civil War, which group of immigrants took the hardest, lowest-paying jobs?
the Chinese
the Italians
the Irish
the Germans
What is a tenement?
a kind of food from Germany
a boat that carried immigrants
a crowded apartment building
a tool for building canals
Why did immigration to the United States slow down during the mid-1860s?
improvements in European economy
the French Revolution
the expense of the voyage
the Civil War
What is the name for the wave of immigration to the United States after the Civil War?
Old Immigration
New Immigration
After the Civil War, where did most immigrants settle?
mountains
cities
farmland
suburbs
What kinds of jobs were open to most New Immigrants?
teaching
law
physically hard and low-paying
Immigrants from China and Japan tended to settle in which region of the United States?
East
South
West
Midwest
Where does the Statue of Liberty stand?
New York Harbor
Plymouth Rock
Jamestown Harbor
San Francisco Bay
Which country gave the Statue of Liberty to the United States?
Germany
Italy
France
England
Which was the first stop in the United States for most European immigrants after 1892?
Long Island
Liberty Island
Angel Island
Ellis Island
In 1882, all immigrants from which country were banned from entering the United States?
Russia
Germany
China
Italy
