Ch. 6 Immigration Quiz

What connected cities and regions of the U.S. during the Industrial Revolution?

• Airplanes

• The steam engine and railroads

• Pioneer trails

How did immigrants come to the U.S.?

• Factories

• By airplane

• By steamboat

Where did the majority of immigrants land?

• West Coast

• New York City

• Canada

Where did most immigrants work?

• Factories

• Farmlands

• Tenements

What has made the U.S. a melting pot?

• Irish immigration

• The mix of cultures and nationalities

• Colonists from Britain

Who was favored by immigration quotas?

• Chinese women

• Native Americans

• Northern and western Europeans

What is the American Dream?

• The belief that people can move upwards economically

• Immigration and citizenship

• Colonization

How were immigrants treated in factories?

• They had good working conditions

• They were paid less than American citizens

• They had no tensions

What law made it illegal for Chinese people to come to the U.S.?

• The Emancipation Proclamation

• Xenophobia

• The Chinese Exclusion Act

What did immigrants have to do to get into the country?

• Take a literacy exam

• Buy a house

• Be in the middle class