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USH Reading QuizChapter 7, Section 1

• The New Immigrants
• ANSWERS

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Question 1

• Immigrants arriving on the West coast of the U.S.
  were processed through _______ immigration
  station.
• Angel Island

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Question 2

• Immigrants arriving on the East coast of the U.S.
  were processed through _______ immigration
  station.
• Ellis Island

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Question 3

• This people group were first attracted by the
  work available in the U.S. railroad industry. In
  1882 Congress passed an anti-immigration act to
  prevent this people group from immigrating to the
  U.S.
• Chinese

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Question 4

• The largest immigration of a people group to the
  United States during this time came from
  ________.
• Mexico.

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Question 5

• List one of the three things Immigrants had to
  prove before they were allowed into the United
  States.
• Healthy
• 25 cash
• Not a criminal

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Question 6

• _________ was the political movement to favor
  native born Americans over new immigrants.
• Nativist.

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Question 7

• Why did Chinatowns and Little Italys develop
  in the United States?
• Immigrants wanted protection and acceptance.
• They were being treated harshly by nativist.

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USH Reading QuizChapter 7, Section 1

• The New Immigrants
• ANSWERS