Assessment
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Date: ________________________________
1. What does the political cartoon below show?
a. Effects of a new law limiting immigration
b. The need for skilled immigrants to fill jobs created by the boom after the war
c. The desire of reformers to provide social services for European immigrants
d. The eagerness of the government to settle immigrants inland rater than the
eastern industrial cities.
2. Imagine that you are studying immigration to the United States. You have the
following sources of information available to you.
a. A newspaper editorial the quota system that limited immigration
b. United States census data telling how many immigrants came from which
countries
c. Journals written by immigrants
Identify one source from the list above that would probably help you understand
why immigrants wanted to come to the United States. Explain why you chose
that source.
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3. Over the years, many people have immigrated to the United States. Give two
reasons why people have come. Name a group of immigrants who came for
each reason you have given.
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b.
4. How did immigration to the United States in the middle 1800s affect city life?
a. It led to a more equal distribution of wealth.
b. It led to the growth of slavery.
c. It led to urbanization.
d. It ended the reform movements.
5. You are writing a report about immigration in the 1800’s. You cannot find
enough information in any of your social studies books. What other sources
could you use to get information? Name three different primary sources.
a.
b.
c.
6. Imagine that you want to learn about what everyday life was like 100 years ago
in the place where you live. Choose one of the items on the list below and
circle it. Tell what information you could get from that item that would
help you.
a. a map of the place from 100 years ago
b. a diary or journal from 100 years ago
c. a local newspaper from 100 years ago
d. an encyclopedia printed this year
e. a cemetery
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7. In the late 19th century, the pattern of United States immigration changed in that
a. far fewer immigrants arrived in the United States than in previous years
b. most immigrants chose to settle in the rural, farming regions of the western
United States
c. increasing numbers of immigrants came from eastern and southern Europe
d. most immigrants were political refugees
8. Which statement about immigration to the United States is most accurate?
a. The desire for economic advancement has been a major reason for
immigration to the United States
b. The ethnic mix of immigrants to the United States has remained mostly
unchanged.
c. The number of immigrants has remained constant in each decade during
most of United States history.
d. Nearly all immigrants have easily assimilated into American culture.
9. What was the experience of most of the “new immigrants” who arrived in the
United States from Southern and Eastern Europe in the late 1800s and early
1900s?
a. They lived in urban areas and most held low paying jobs.
b. They obtained free land in the West and became farmers.
c. They became discouraged with America and returned to their homelands.
d. They were easily assimilated into mainstream American culture.