Final - Immigration

Question 1

Old Immigration

Answer 1

1820-1890
Immigrants from western & northern Europe
a. Great Britain
b. Ireland
c. Germany

Question 2

New Immigration

Answer 2

1890-1920
Immigrants from southern & eastern Europe
a. Italy
b. Austria-Hungary
c. Russia

Question 3

Ellis Island

Answer 3

NY Harbor
Immigration processing center for east coast
Peak 11K immigrants per day

Question 4

Angel Island

Answer 4

Immigration center for the west coast
Chinese and Japanese

Question 5

Chinese Exclusion Act

Answer 5

Banned entry to all Chinese except students, teachers, merchants,
tourists, and government officials.

10 years

Question 6

Gentlemans Agreement

Answer 6

Handshake deal
Japan’s government agreed to limit emigration of unskilled workers to the United States in exchange for the repeal of the San Francisco segregation order

Question 7

Ghetto

Answer 7

part of a city in which members of a minority group are concentrated, especially as a result of political, social, legal, religious, environmental

Question 8

Immigration Restriction Law of 1924

Answer 8

established quotas on the number of immigrants allowed to enter the United States, severely limiting immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe while favoring immigrants from Northern and Western Europe.

Question 9

Traucoma

Answer 9

Eye infection causing blindness

Medical officers were required to examine all immigrants with watery, red, or inflamed eyes at American immigrant reception centers.

Question 10

Steerage

Answer 10

the part of a ship providing accommodations for passengers with the cheapest tickets

Question 11

Inspection process at Ellis Island

Answer 11

Pass literacy test in native language
Prove able to work
Show at least $25