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The Hopes of Immigrants Part 1

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
One of the Big Ideas that you should be able to explain after learning about Immigration in the 1800s is...Why people came to America by describing push and ________ factors during the 1800s.
a)
shove
b)
pull
c)
cry
d)
fall
2.
The 4th Big Question on this topic is...
a)

  1. What kinds of influence did immigrants bring to American culture?

b)

  1. Why did people come to America?

c)

Where did they settle?

d)

What did they do?

3.

Nearly all immigrants made the ocean voyage in steerage, the _________ deck on a ship.

a)
nicest
b)
most expensive
c)
cheapest
d)
top
4.

Describe the picture on slide #3 of immigrants on the ship. What do you notice?

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5.

Name two places where immigrants came from between 1820-1860.

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6.

Historians talk about PUSH - PULL factors. These forces (a)   people out of their native lands and pull them toward a new place.

7.

Examine the map on slide #4. What is the title of the map?

a)

Immigration and Settlement, 1820-1860

b)

Sources of Immigration, 1820-1860

c)

Geography Skill Builder, Interpretting Maps

d)

Immigration to the United States

8.

Examine the map on slide #4. Which of these 3 states had 20% or more of the immigrants in 1860?

a)
Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Virginia
b)
Texas, Arkansas, and Mississippi
c)
Minnesota, Wisconsin, and New York
d)
Ohio, Maryland, and New York
9.
Between 1820 and 1860 most of the immigrants, in fact 39%, came from __________.
a)
Germany
b)
Sweden
c)
Ireland
d)
Italy
10.
Between 1820 and 1860 many immigrants experienced PUSH factors. Name one reason they would be PUSHED OUT of their country.
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11.

Copy and paste this link in a new window:

https://www.unrefugees.org/refugee-facts/statistics/#:~:text=As%20of%20May%202023%2C%20more,Ukraine%20and%20other%20deadly%20conflicts.&text=More%20than%20the%20entire%20population%20of%20Germany

What is a major current reason that people are being pushed out of their countries?

List at least 2 countries AND the reason.

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12.
Sometimes life is okay in an immigrants homeland, but they choose to leave because of PULL factors. A PULL factor is __________________.
a)
when you are being forced to leave because of conflict
b)
when you have run out of food
c)
when you see better opportunity in a different country
d)
when you can't get a job
13.
What was a pull factor for the United States between 1820 and 1860? In other words, what was luring people here back then?
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14.
What do you think a current pull factor is for the United States? In other words, what is luring people here today?
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15.

Scandinavians wanted land. They could buy it for just ____ dollars per acre.

a)

$1.25

b)

$.30

c)

$5.00

d)

$7.50

16.

I recently saw a 2 acre of lot in West Sacramento being offered for sale for $499,000. How much is that per acre?

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17.
Many Scandinavians settled in the Midwest, especially Minnesota and Wisconsin. These states had lakes, forests, and_______ _______like their homelands. A high proportion of Scandinavian immigrants became farmers.
a)
hot summers
b)
mild weather
c)
cold winters
d)
severe tornados
18.
Some Germans moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, because the ___________ ________ there was German.
a)
Catholic bishop
b)
Reverend Luther
c)
main chef
d)
town mayor
19.
Immigrants from Germany settled in cities as well as on farms or the frontier. German artisans opened businesses as bakers, butchers, carpenters, printers, shoemakers, and tailors. What does a tailor do? Do we still call them tailors?
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20.

Between 1820 and 1985 the largest immigrant group came from___________

a)

Germany

b)

Spain

c)

Italy

d)

Ireland

21.

Between 1820 and 1985 the second largest immigrant group came from ______________

a)

Great Britain

b)

Italy

c)

Spain

d)

Canada

22.

Many things we think of as originating in America came from Germany—the Christmas tree, gymnasiums, kindergartens, and the hamburger and frankfurter. A frankfurter is a German name for a ___ ___

(a)  

23.
Protestant Britain ruled over Ireland. Most of the Irish were ______________, so one reason the Irish left for America was to escape religious persecution.
a)
Muslims
b)
Buddhists
c)
Hindus
d)
Catholics
24.
In 1845, a disease attacked Ireland’s main food crop, the __________, causing a severe food shortage called a famine. The Irish Potato Famine killed 1 million people and forced many to emigrate. By 1854, between 1.5 and 2 million Irish had fled their homeland.
a)
brussel sprout
b)
potato
c)
corn fields
d)
sunflower
25.

The uneducated Irish immigrants arrived with no money, had few skills and had to take low-paying, back-breaking jobs. Irish women took in washing or worked as (a)   .

26.

The Irish (a)   with free blacks for the jobs that nobody else wanted. Both groups had few other choices in America in the 1800s.

27.
Of the immigrant groups discussed so far, which one do you think had the "best" life and why?
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28.
Of the immigrant groups discussed so far, which one do you think had the "worst" life and why?
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