Immigration Week Quiz1. Define: Assimilation2. List two of the “Push” factors.( 2pts)3. List two of the “Pull” factors.(2pts)4.Why did we choose Islands to have our main immigration stations?(2pts)5. Which Island did most of the Russian Immigrants come through?6. What time period did the majority of the “New-Immigrants”(2nd Phase) enter the country?

7.Which Island would a Japanese Immigrant enter the country?

8. Why did Germans face resistance economically?

9. Explain why some families had their last names changed?

10. (2pts) Explain why “ghettos” were both good & bad?

11- 16 Explain the PICTURE….

11. What isThe “Melting Pot”

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17. How did this “house” help so much?

18. What fears about Catholics does this cartoon show?

19. What did the Bennet Law do to German schools?

20. How was Education important for Immigrants in the late 1800’s?

Quiz- Answers (24 pts total)1. Assimilation: the pressure felt by many new immigrants to blend in and become “..American” as fast as possible.

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Push Factors• Crop failure– Irish Potato Famine

• Land shortage• No jobs• Taxes• Religious Persecution• Political Persecution

Pull Factors• Dreams of wealth• Homestead Act• Freedom!• Free Education• No forced military service• Democracy

• 4.Why did we choose Islands …You could control entry more, you could also keep out diseases…etc…(2pts)

• 5. Ellis Island• 6. Late-1800’s to the 1930’s

7. Angel Island8. Because of new foods/drinks that were gaining

populartiy.9. Names were changed to make it easier for

them to “fit” into society…

10. (2pts) Good= You are with people like you…Easier and familiar.

Bad= You slow down the “Americanization” process….you stay tied to your old country…

It was also really poor...just like your old country…

11.The “Melting Pot”Was a term used to describe assimilation

#12-The picture shows the fear that the immigrants will “swallow” up our country….

#13-Angel Island

#14-Ellis Island

#15-Shows how everyone was an Immigrant at one time…and that they are also hypocrites b/c they don’t want these new guys to come in…

#16Shows the Chinese Exclusion Act

17. How did this “house” help so much?

18. About the POPE controlling things…

19. What did the Bennet Law do to German schools? Only ENGLISH in school.

20. How was Education important for Immigrants in the late 1800’s? It helped them Assimilate .

Next Week

• Chap 7• P. 252- Comprehension Questions• P. 253- Interpreting Data Questions