New Waves of Immigration — Quiz

Question 1

In the mid-1800s, most immigrants came to the United States from

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Ireland and Germany.

Question 2

The most important pull factor for immigrants to colonial America was

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abundant land.

Question 3

Most immigrants who came to what is now the United States during the 1600s and 1700s were from

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Western Europe.

Question 4

What was the most common reason why a large number of Irish immigrants came to the United States in the 1840s?

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They wanted to escape a potato famine.

Question 5

What was a major reason that people immigrated to America in the 1600s?

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to escape religious persecution in their native country

Question 6

Which group of immigrants came to the US in the 1800s to escape economic and political unrest?

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Germans

Question 7

Most people who came to what is now the United States between 1600 and 1800 were called

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colonists.

Question 8

The majority of Italian immigrants arrived in the United States between

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1880 and 1910.

Question 9

Most “old” immigrants to the United States came from Western Europe, but most “new” immigrants came from

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Southern and Eastern Europe.

Question 10

What was one way “old” immigrants differed from “new” immigrants in the 1800s?

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The “old” immigrants often had property and skills, while the “new” immigrants tended to be unskilled workers.

New Waves of Immigration — Quiz Answers