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Chapter 6 Section 1 Practice

True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
 

 1. 

Immigrants never had difficult journeys to America.
 

 2. 

Many of the immigrants in the 1900s came to America for religious freedom.
 

 3. 

Women in America had more freedom than women in Europe and Asia had.
 

 4. 

Some native-born Americans started the nativist movement.
 

 5. 

All Americans welcomed the new wave of immigrants.
 

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 6. 

Most immigrants could only afford to travel to the United States in
a.
automobiles.
c.
steerage.
b.
railroad cars.
d.
first-class plane seats.
 

 7. 

What symbol of hope greets immigrants at New York Harbor?
a.
a labor agent
c.
Angel Harbor
b.
a tax worker
d.
Statue of Liberty
 

 8. 

Immigrants could be refused permission to enter the United States if they had
a.
a contagious illness.
c.
a lot of money.
b.
a relative in this country.
d.
young children.
 

 9. 

Once in this country, an immigrant's greatest challenge was
a.
finding the Statue of Liberty.
c.
meeting new friends.
b.
finding work.
d.
finding the right schools.
 

 10. 

Which legislation included a literacy requirement for immigrants?
a.
Chinese Exclusion Act
c.
Immigrants' Protective Act
b.
Abbott Support Act
d.
Immigration Act of 1917
 

Matching
 
 
Match each item with the correct statement below.
a.
immigrant entrance on the East Coast
b.
Chinese Exclusion Act
c.
emigrate
d.
immigrant entrance on the West Coast
e.
assimilate
 

 11. 

to leave your homeland
 

 12. 

Ellis Island
 

 13. 

Angel Island
 

 14. 

to become part of the culture
 

 15. 

limited immigration
 

Short Answer
 

 16. 

In the mid-1880s, how did the pattern of immigration change?
 

 17. 

After 1886, immigrants sailing into New York Harbor were greeted by what sight?
 

 18. 

What did newly arriving immigrants have to do before entering the United States?
 

 19. 

What were the most important institutions in immigrant communities?
 

 20. 

What anti-immigrant movement gained strength in the late 1800s?
 



 
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