Immigration (1800's and Modern)

What phrase is use to describe America

• blended

• land of opportunity

• Melting Pot

• lucky

How did early immigrants decide to settle where they did?

• They settled in warmer climates

• They settled near water

• They settled by people of similar ethic backgrounds

• They settled where immigration officials sent them

Where did European immigrants enter when they came to America?

• Alcatraz

• Angel Island

• Port of Miami

• Ellis Island

Where did Asian immigrants arrive when they came to America?

• Angel Island

• Ellis Island

• Port of Bayonne

• Rhode Island

Why were so few Chinese immigrants allowed to come the United States?

• Alien Sedition Acts

• Chinese Exclusion Act of 1822

• The voyage was too far and expensive

• There were no jobs available

What is a quota system

• A system created to limit the number of immigrants who could be in America

• The Basic rules of Immigration

• The first rule of immigration

• The end of the Civil War

What is a tenement

• A revolutionary war in Africa

• A new form of transportation

• End of immigration

• Poorly built, overcrowded apartment buildings

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

• Great Plains Indians left their reservations to buy new farmland

• Not enough families took advantage of the Homestead Act

• Better jobs in industry attracted farmers and laborers to cities

• Houses in cities were less expensive than those in the countryside

Most of the immigrants traveled to Ellis Island in which steamship class?

• 1st Class

• 2nd Class

• Steerage

• Mid-tier

Naturalization is the process...

• to become a citizen

• to apply for a job

• of defending one’s country