Chapter 20 sec. 1 Guiding Reading Q & A

Changing Patterns of Immigration

Millions of immigrants came to the United States in the mid 1800's from ___.

• southern Europe

• western Europe

• eastern Europe

• northern Europe

Changing Patterns of Immigration

Identify all of the immigrants that came to the United States from northern Europe in the 1800's.

• mainly from Great Britain

• Germany

• Ireland

• the countries of Scandinavia

Changing Patterns of Immigrants

Most of the millions of immigrants that came to the United States in the mid-1800's were ___.

• Protestants

• Roman Catholics

Changing Patterns of Immigration

Many of the immigrants who came to the United States from northern Europe in the mid 1800's were Roman Catholic, skilled workers. and some settled in rural areas and became farmers.

• True

• False

Changing Patterns of Immigrants

By the mid-1800's immigrants from ___ were known as ___. A newer and larger wave of immigration ---from ___ parts of the world ---was arriving in the ___.

• Norway Europe, old immigrants, different, United States

• northern Europe, old immigrants, different, United States

• northern Europe, old immigrants, same, United States

• northern Eurasia, old immigrants, different, United States

1. Arriving in a New Land

2. Which immigrants entered the Angel Island immigration center on the West Coast?

• many European immigrants

• many Italian Immigrants

• many Chinese immigrants

• many German immigrants

1. Arriving in the New Land

2. Where was the main processing center for Mexicans immigrants?

• El Paso, Texas

• San Francisco, California

• New York Harbor

• Sacramento, California

New Immigrants

During the 1880's more than ___ immigrants arrived in the United States--- about the same number of people as had arrived during the six decades from 1800 to ___ combined. The ___ of these new immigrants were from ___ and ___ Europe.

• 5 million, 1860, majority, southern, eastern

• 5 billion, 1860, majority, southern, eastern

• 5 million, 1850, majority, southern, eastern

• 5 million, 1860, majority, southern, northern

New Immigrants

Thousands of Czechs, Greeks, ___, Italians, Poles, Russians, and Slovaks came to the United States to find new ___ and better lives. ...They included Orthodox Christians, ___ Catholics and ___. Some were escaping ___ or religious persecution. They were eager for the job opportunities created by the U.S. industrial ___ of the late 1800's.

• Hungarians, opportunities, Roman, Jews, political, boots

• Hangarians, opportunities, Roman, Jews, political, boom

• Hungarians, opportunities, Ramen, Jews, political, boom

• Hungarians, opportunities, Roman, Jews, political, boom

Arriving in the New Land

Identify all of the statements that are true.

• Some even died of diseases contracted along the way.

• many passengers were seasick for the entire journey

• Most immigrants traveled in steerage ---an area above the boat a ship's deck where thew steering mechanisms were located.

• Steerage tickets were inexpensive