Immigration & Gilded Age

Most immigrants on the East Coast were processed where?

• Washington, D.C.
• Ellis Island
• Angel Island
• Baltimore

What processing station did Immigrants go through on the WEST coast?

• Ellis Island
• Angel Island
• Devil Island
• Alcatraz

During the period from 1880 to 1910, why did the majority of immigrants to the United States settle in urban areas in the North?

• The Populists were successful in preventing immigrants from buying farmland.
• Rapid industrialization had created many job opportunities.
• Labor unions gave financial help to immigrants willing to work in the factories.
• Most immigrants had lived in cities in their native countries.

Which idea led to a rise in anti-immigrant groups and a demand for immigration restrictions?

• Melting Pot
• Birds of Passage
• Nativism
• All of the above

Who immigrated to Angel Island?

• Mexican
• Chinese
• Italian
• Jewish

This group of immigrants faced discrimination due to stereotypes such as "hot-tempered", "loud", "violent", "drunkards".

• Italians
• Chinese
• Germans
• Irish

Immigrants came to America to escape

• religious persecution
• famine
• poor economies
• all of the above

Nativists believed ..

• Immigrants threatened the American way of Life and Democracy.

• White Protestants were superior to other immigrant groups.

• Immigrants stole jobs from natives.

• All of the above.

How did the population of European immigrants in America change in the late 1800s and early 1900s. 

• Most immigrants came from northern and western Europe. 
• Most immigrants came from eastern and southern Europe. 
• The number of European immigrants decreased. 
• The number of Protestant immigrants decreased. 

All immigrants who were processed at Ellis Island were required to take a _________________.

• literacy test
• medical test
• metal health test
• criminal background test