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Question 1

What difficulty did both Chinese and Japanese immigrants face when trying to pass through immigration stations in the late 1800s and early 1900s?

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Chinese and Japanese immigrants were restricted by law from entering the United States.

Question 2

A push factor is best defined as

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something that causes people to leave their country.

Question 3

Which of the following best describes the push and pull factors involved in Mary Antin’s immigration to the US?

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financial problems and educational opportunities

Question 4

In which of the following US cities were major immigration stations located?

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San Francisco and New York

Question 5

Almost half of the new immigrants who came to the United States in the late 1800s

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eventually returned to their home countries.

Question 6

A sparsely populated country that undergoes industrial growth would be most likely to

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attract immigrants from other countries.

Question 7

A similarity between Ellis Island and Angel Island is that both

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required that immigrants pass health inspections.

Question 8

Which of the following best states a similarity between the "old" and "new" waves of immigration in the 1800s?

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Immigrants from both periods established neighborhoods in American cities.

Question 9

A difference between Ellis Island and Angel Island was that

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many immigrants who passed through Angel Island were detained for long periods.

Question 10

Which of the following groups was most likely to face interrogation at immigration stations during the 1800s?

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Chinese immigrants

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