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WorksheetsImmigration 1880's-1920's
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
During the Gilded Age, most immigrants came from...
Eastern and Southern Europe
South America
Asia
Immigrants felt Americanization would make their children forget cultural traditions
False
True
The Chinese Exclusion Act prevented Chinese people already in the U.S. from becoming citizens
True
False
Which demographic shift occurred in the U.S. because of industrialization?
working class people moving to the suburbs
Northerners moving South
rural residents moving to urban areas
Most immigrants found work as
unskilled factory workers
educated professionals
skilled craftsmen
What trend occurred in population during industrial expansion?
urbanization increased
migration from cities to rural areas
immigration decreased
European Immigrants arrived at Ellis Island... Asian Immigrants arrived at...
Whidbey Island
Angel Island
Alcatraz Island
Most immigrants settled in cities because...
factory and workshop jobs were there
little farmland left in the Midwest
city laws gave special rights and protection for immigrants
Nativists wanted to...
group immigrants into their sections of the city
assimilate immigrants into American society
limit immigration
Prejudice against "New Immigrants" increased because these immigrants...
had superior job skills than most of the American workers
formed their own labor unions and received higher wages
came from different cultural backgrounds than most Americans
If you failed the medical inspection at Ellis island, what might happen to you?
wait until you were cured, only then would you be allowed in the country
get sent back to Europe
left to die there
In the 1890's, most immigrants arriving in the United States came from
Canada and Latin America
Eastern and Southern Europe
Ireland and Great Britain
Most urban working class families lived in multifamily apartment buildings called
suburbs
skyscrapers
tenements
What was often crucial to the Americanization of immigrant children?
Settlement Houses
Ethnic Churches
Public schools
What organization offered practical aid and religious counseling to the urban poor?
Salvation Army
Trust Company
Social Darwinism
The main goal of the Americanization movement was to
limit the number of immigrants entering the country
assimilate immigrants of various cultures into the dominant culture
improve the living conditions in Americas largest cities
