WorksheetsImmigration Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
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Class
Date
1.
Which statement is true?
a)
The first immigrants to the United States arrived via the Bering Land Bridge about 7000 years ago
b)
The first Europeans arrived in the present-day United States around 1750
c)
Scientists are currently reevaluating the Bering Land Bridge theory of how people first came to North America
d)
The first immigrants to the United States settled in the Great Lakes region
2.
In what part of the country did German immigrants tend to settle during the mid-19th century?
a)
A. The Northeast
b)
B. The Southeast
c)
C. The Midwest
d)
D. California
3.
What is the main reason that so many Irish immigrants arrived in the 1840s and 1850s?
a)
A. Steamship companies actively recruited Irish immigrants during this time period, promising them good factory jobs
b)
B. Conditions in Ireland were terrible, including a crop failure and famine
c)
C. The Irish could no longer stand British persecution
d)
D. Ireland was devastated by a drought during this period
4.
What was one reason that Irish immigrants in particular faced prejudice and discrimination?
a)
A. They were Protestant
b)
B. They did not want to work
c)
C. They were radical anarchists
d)
D. They were Catholic.
5.
Which of the following was not a major reason people moved from Scandinavia to the
United States?
a)
A. They were attracted to factory jobs in the eastern cities
b)
B. The United States had abundant farmland
c)
C. It was hard to find new land to farm in Scandinavia
d)
D. They were recruited by American steamship and railroad companies
6.
Where did most Irish immigrants in the mid-19th century go?
a)
A. The Northeast
b)
B. The Southeast
c)
C. The Midwest
d)
D. California
7.
What was one result of the Foreign Miners’ Tax of 1850?
a)
A. Many non-immigrant miners left the mines to seek other work
b)
B. Many more mines became profitable
c)
C. Many more Chinese immigrants arrived to work in the mines
d)
D. Many Chinese were forced out of the mines to find other work
8.
Which of the following did not precede the Chinese Exclusion Act?
a)
A. The economic decline following the Civil War
b)
B. The formation of the Workingman’s Party
c)
C. Chinese immigrants became ineligible for citizenship
d)
D. Many non-immigrants felt that the Chinese threatened their jobs
9.
Which of the following statements is false?
a)
A. Immigrants could be deported back to their home countries for health reasons
b)
B. It was okay for immigrants to arrive completely penniless
c)
C. Most European immigrants in the late 19th century had to undergo medical and legal exams on Ellis Island
d)
D. Most immigrants in the late 19th century traveled in steerage class
10.
Which of the following issues did the Tenement House Act address?
a)
A. The comfort and sanitation of tenement buildings
b)
B. Where new immigrants would be allowed to live
c)
C. How many new tenement buildings could be constructed in New York
d)
D. Whether tenements should be demolished
11.
What did the Progressives call for?
a)
A. Safety precautions in factories
b)
B. A reduction in crowding in tenements
c)
C. Tax reforms
d)
D. All of the above
12.
Who were the muckrakers?
a)
A. Progressive members of the government
b)
B. Factory workers who photographed their grim conditions
c)
C. Writers who wrote about terrible conditions for poor people
d)
D. People who wanted to sterilize other people whom they deemed “unfit”
13.
Which of the following is an example of the “melting pot” theory?
a)
A. An Italian immigrant family proud of its long-held traditions
b)
B. A neighborhood with many Mexican and Chinese immigrants has big street parties to celebrate both Cinco de Mayo and Chiness New Year
c)
C. Many new immigrants learned English quickly and stopped speaking their native languages
d)
D. Swedish immigrants established Swedish clubs and churches in their communities
14.
Which of the following is not an example of anti-immigrant sentiment?
a)
A. The Sacco and Vanzetti trial
b)
B. The Tenement House Act
c)
C. The Red Scare
d)
D. The Emergency Quota Act of 1921
15.
Why did the United States deport many immigrants during the 1920s?
a)
A. It wanted to reduce the number of Russian immigrants living in the United States
b)
B. It believed all of those immigrants had participated in a bomb plot
c)
C. It wanted to trade German immigrants for Americans being held in Germany
d)
D. It feared that these immigrants were radical anarchists who threatened U.S. interests
16.
The Sacco and Vanzetti trial was characterized by:
a)
A. Anti-immigrant overtones
b)
B. Anti–United States sentiment on the part of the prosecution
c)
C. Unambiguous evidence
d)
D. A divided jury
17.
What was Manzanar?
a)
A. The first German internment camp
b)
B. The site of the Sacco and Vanzetti trial
c)
C. The first Japanese American internment camp
d)
D. The island in San Francisco Bay where many Chinese were interned
18.
Which of the following is true?
a)
A. The United States allowed several thousand Jewish refugees to enter during World War II
b)
B. The United States admitted very few Jewish refugees during World War II
c)
C. The United States was unaware of the Holocaust in Europe in the late 1930s
d)
D. The United States welcomed several thousand German immigrants during World War II
19.
What was one consequence of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952?
a)
A. More immigrants came from Europe
b)
B. More immigrants came from Asia
c)
C. Quotas were set for the Northern and Southern Hemispheres
d)
D. One million immigrants were allowed each year from the Eastern Hemisphere
20.
Which describes most immigrants in the late 20th and early 21st centuries?
a)
A. Older than immigrants in previous eras
b)
B. More highly skilled than immigrants in previous eras
c)
C. Primarily from Europe and Africa
d)
D. Younger than immigrants in previous eras
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