Through Ellis Island and Angel Island: The immigrant experience
Which of the following describes a difference between immigrant aid societies and settlement houses?
Aid societies focused on collecting money to support immigrants, while settlement houses provided a range of services.
Which of the following was an important pull factor that drew European immigrants to the United states after the civil war?
Availability of farmland.
How did the immigration station at Angel Island differ from the one at Ellis Island?
Immigrants underwent a lengthier, more detailed legal interview at Angel Island.
Mexican immigrants that entered the United States from the South
Immigrated because they wanted to escape poverty and civil unrest
A political boss was an?
Leader who managed local city politics, including jobs and social services.
Which of these statements BEST describes the experience of immigrants landing at Angel Island?
Many were detained for weeks and sometimes months.
Which group passed laws to decrease the number of immigrants coming to America?
Nativists
Upon arriving by ship in New York harbor, which of the following groups was required to go through immigration inspections at Ellis Island?
Only steerage passengers.
Which of the following is true of Chinese immigration?
The passing of the Chinese Exclusion Act caused immigration from China to fall dramatically.
Which statement BEST characterizes life in the united states for European Immigrants?
They arrived with very little money or few possessions and therefore had to work hard to make a living.
Why did the congress make it illegal for U.S employers to hire contract laborers?
They wanted to prevent companies from hiring immigrants to replace striking workers.
Which statement is true of most immigrants going through Ellis Island?
They were allowed to enter the united states.
Which of these is a factor why people were pushed to leave Europe
They were reeling from a devastating famine that resulted from widespread crop failures.
The experience for immigrants living in steerage
Was uncomfortable because hundreds of people were confined in the same space.