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5th grade Immigration
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1
The term "melting pot" has been used to describe the United States because ______________.
b. it looks like a giant pot to cook in.
b. people in the United States love to cook.
a. of all the different cultures living there
c. of the steel melted in some cities.
2
Why did most immigrants come to the United States during the late 1800s?
c. to escape a jail sentence
d. to invest in the railroad industry
b. to improve their lives
a. to make inventions
3
What did Ellis Island and Angel Island share in common?
b. both were located on the East Coast
d. both were immigration stations for immigrants
c. both held to prove they had relatives in the US
a. both were located on the West Coast
4
Which theory stated that everyone who came to America contributed to & adopted the culture?
b. Melting Pot Theory
c. Salad Bowl Theory
d. Hamburger Theory
a. Peanut Butter Sandwich Theory
5
Which phrase does NOT represent a motivation for immigrants to come to America?
d. lack of jobs in their countries
a. new employment opportunities in America
b. religious prejudice in their country
c. to travel on the railroad
6
Which of these is not a reason that the "New Immigrants" were resented?
c. they were wealthy
b. they were poorly educated
a. they were Catholic & Jewish
d. they were unskilled
7
Food, religion, customs, holidays, languages & music are all examples of what?
b. resistances
d. cultural contributions
a. immigration
c. economic contributions
8
During the 1900's immigrants came from all of the following countries except_________________.
d. Egypt
a. China
b. Germany
c. Mexico
9
Which is
NOT
something immigrants had to do when they came through Ellis Island?
c. take a math test
d. pass a health examination
a. answer questions about their jobs
b. answer questions about where they planned to live
10
European immigrants landed here to be inspected before they were allowed to reach the mainland?
c. Virginia
b. Ellis Island
a. South Carolina
d. Angel Island
11
Which was a problem Immigrants faced in the U.S. during the late 1800s and early 1900s?
c. low wages
d. all of the above
a. language barriers
b. poor living conditions
12
_____________ is a feeling of dislike immigrants were faced with.
c. pride
a. prejudice
b. religion
d. surprise
13
What do you call people who leave their homeland to make a new life in another country?
a. travelers
b. diversity
c. immigrants
d. natives
14
Immigrants often lived in communities with others from their home country because ________.
d. housing was not available in other areas
b. they had no interest in building new lives in the US
a. it was illegal for them to live elsewhere
c. it was a way to help make the adjustment to the US easier
15
Factory jobs, becoming entrepreneurs, building railroads, voting & education were all what?
b. immigration
d. economic contributions/opportunities
c. cultural contributions
a. resistance
16
During the 1900's, the largest group of immigrants to come to the United States was _______.
c. Europeans
d. Japanese
b. Chinese
a. Mexicans
17
Name 2 countries that many people left to come to start a new life in America.
a. Germany and China
d. Antartica & Greenland
b. American and Canada
c. Atlantic and Pacific
18
Which two words deal with treating people differently because of their race or religion?
b. immigrants and natives
d. discrimination and prejudice
a. strike and labor union
c. diversity and variety
19
Social Darwinism, Anglo-Saxon superiority, segregation, low wage & a quota system are all what?
c. cultural contributions
b. resistances
a. economic contributions/opportunities
d. immigration
20
Immigrants often lived in communities with others from their home country because ________.
c. it was a way to help make the adjustment to the US easier
a. it was illegal for them to live elsewhere
b. they had no interest in building new lives in the US
d. housing was not available in other areas