Waves of Immigration

A pull factor is when something is happening in your country that makes you want to leave such as job shortages and violence.

• True

• False

A push factor is when something is happening in your country that makes you want to leave such as job shortages and violence.

• True

• False

Which is not an example of a push factor?

• War

• Famine

• Job Shortages

• Religious Freedom

Which is not an example of a pull factor?

• Job Opportunities

• Cheap Land

• Job shortages

• Religious Freedom

Ellis Island was the main ___________ in the United States for 60 years.

• immigration port

• government office

• tourist stop

• dock

Where did immigrants arrive?

• East Coast

• West Coast

• Both of These

• Neither of these.

The Chinese were the first ethnic group blocked from ___________.

• getting married

• entering the United States

• working in the United States

In 1900, what city's population was made up of three quarters immigrant citizens.

• Boston

• Philidelphia

• Atlanta

• New York

Which country did most of the immigrants that settled in the Midwest come from?

• Ireland

• Germany

• France

• Poland

Which of these nationalities would likely have gone through Angel Island?

• French

• German

• Italian

• Chinese