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Immigration 1880's-1920's

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

During the Gilded Age, most immigrants came from...

a)

Eastern and Southern Europe

b)

South America

c)

Asia

2.

Immigrants felt Americanization would make their children forget cultural traditions

a)

False

b)

True

3.

The Chinese Exclusion Act prevented Chinese people already in the U.S. from becoming citizens

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Which demographic shift occurred in the U.S. because of industrialization?

a)

working class people moving to the suburbs

b)

Northerners moving South

c)

rural residents moving to urban areas

5.

Most immigrants found work as

a)

unskilled factory workers

b)

educated professionals

c)

skilled craftsmen

6.

What trend occurred in population during industrial expansion?

a)

urbanization increased

b)

migration from cities to rural areas

c)

immigration decreased

7.

European Immigrants arrived at Ellis Island... Asian Immigrants arrived at...

a)

Whidbey Island

b)

Angel Island

c)

Alcatraz Island

8.

Most immigrants settled in cities because...

a)

factory and workshop jobs were there

b)

little farmland left in the Midwest

c)

city laws gave special rights and protection for immigrants

9.

Nativists wanted to...

a)

group immigrants into their sections of the city

b)

assimilate immigrants into American society

c)

limit immigration

10.

Prejudice against "New Immigrants" increased because these immigrants...

a)

had superior job skills than most of the American workers

b)

formed their own labor unions and received higher wages

c)

came from different cultural backgrounds than most Americans

11.

If you failed the medical inspection at Ellis island, what might happen to you?

a)

wait until you were cured, only then would you be allowed in the country

b)

get sent back to Europe

c)

left to die there

12.

In the 1890's, most immigrants arriving in the United States came from

a)

Canada and Latin America

b)

Eastern and Southern Europe

c)

Ireland and Great Britain

13.

Most urban working class families lived in multifamily apartment buildings called

a)

suburbs

b)

skyscrapers

c)

tenements

14.

What was often crucial to the Americanization of immigrant children?

a)

Settlement Houses

b)

Ethnic Churches

c)

Public schools

15.

What organization offered practical aid and religious counseling to the urban poor?

a)

Salvation Army

b)

Trust Company

c)

Social Darwinism

16.

The main goal of the Americanization movement was to

a)

limit the number of immigrants entering the country

b)

assimilate immigrants of various cultures into the dominant culture

c)

improve the living conditions in Americas largest cities