Immigrants

Where did the New Immigrants come from?

• Northern/western Europe

• Latin America

• Asia

• Eastern/southern Europe

What were reasons the new immigrants left home and came to America.

• Because they were underpaid at home.

• Because their religion was unpopular in their country of origin.

• Because they did not like the leader of their homeland.

• Because they did not want to be drafted into the military.

Which of the following were reasons people might have been encouraged to come to America.

• to be a cowboy

• work in a trade

• pursue an education

• to live in a tenement

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What is the best definition of Nativism?

• When Native Americans are discriminated against.

• the belief that immigrants are inferior to others.

• When immigrants are recruited from overseas

• When immigrants choose to live in areas with people like them.

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Which of the following is a place an immigrant might find work?

• on a farm

• a library

• as a police officer

• a sweatshop

Upon arriving in New York, immigrants were to go to

• Central Park

• Elis Island

• Manhattan

• the Empire state building

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An "ethnic neighborhood" is

• an area that is segregated

• An area where food is prepared

• a bad part of town

• a place where many people from one country might live.

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which of the following are reasons a union might go on strike for during the Gilded Age?

• better pay

• paid vacation

• shorter hours

• safer conditions

An immigrant new to America would most likely where?

• a penthouse

• a tenement apartment

• in the suburbs

• on a ranch

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Which of the following limited immigration?

• the Dawes Act

• The Homestead Act

• The Pacific Railway Act

• Chinese Exclusion Act

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