IMMIGRATION

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.

War, poverty, and discrimination are all examples of.......

• Pull Factors
• Push Factors
• Jump Factors
• Falling Factors

Economic opportunities, religious freedom, and political and social equality are all examples of...

• Push Factors
• Pull Factors
• Falling Factors
• Jump Factors

Economic opportunities, religious freedom, and political and social equality are all examples of...

• Push Factors
• Pull Factors
• Falling Factors
• Jump Factors

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

What is a tenement?

• A new form of transportation
• Poorly built, overcrowded apartment buildings
• The end of immigration
• A revolutionary war in Africa

 Which factor contributed to the shifting of population from rural to urban areas from 1870-1900?

• Not enough families took advantage of the Homestead Act
• Great Plains Indians left their reservations to buy new farmland
• Houses in cities were less expensive than those in the counttryside
•  Better jobs in industry attracted farmers and laborers to cities

Which is an example of the idea of assimilation?

• Native Americans following their ancient religious traditions. 
• German immigrants learning to speak English.
• The development of ethnic neighborhoods like "Chinatown".
• The trend for wealthy Americans to dress like Italians.