S.S Test #2 Q&A
The Statue of Liberty was a birthday gift to America from? - (correct answer)France
Emma Lazurus is famous as the? - (correct answer)poet celebrating immigrants at the
Statue of Liberty
What changed about the countries of origin of immigrants to America after 1890? -
(correct answer)they came from different parts of Europe than before
Why did the creator of the Statue of Liberty place the monument where he did? -
(correct answer)because the mouth of the Hudson River was the gateway to the United
States for immigrants
Ellis Island and Angel Island were both known as places where: - (correct
answer)immigrants coming across the Atlantic and Pacific were processed into America
How were immigrants used by people like "Boss Tweed" and Tammany Hall? - (correct
answer)used for voter loyalty to the Tammany Hall Democratic Party
Frederic Bartholdi's monument was meant to represent? - (correct answer)freedom and
democracy
Tammany Hall was a political organization known for its" - (correct answer)corruption
and taking advantage of immigrants
immigrant - (correct answer)a person who moves to another country, usually for
permanent residence
What immigrants came to America?Continent - (correct answer)Eastern and Southern
Europe
, What immigrants came to America? New Countries - (correct answer)Eastern and
Southern Europe
What immigrants came to America? New Religions - (correct answer)Catholic, Jewish,
Eastern Orthodox (Christian)
Old Immigration: Colonial Period - 1880: - (correct answer)North/West Europe
New Immigration: 1880-1920: - (correct answer)East/Southern Europe
pull factors - (correct answer)Condition that attract people: to move to a certain country
Examples of pull factors? - (correct answer)1: (Religious and Political)
2: Economic opportunity
3: Abundant land
Push Factor: - (correct answer)Condition that force people to leave their home country
Push factor examples - (correct answer)1: Population growth
2: Agricultural changes (farming)
3: Crop failures
4: Industrial Revolution
5: Religious and Political turmoil
Cities have - (correct answer)Job opportunities
where the boats landed in and where immigrants settled - (correct answer)cities
The Statue of Liberty was a birthday gift to America from? - (correct answer)France
Emma Lazurus is famous as the? - (correct answer)poet celebrating immigrants at the
Statue of Liberty
What changed about the countries of origin of immigrants to America after 1890? -
(correct answer)they came from different parts of Europe than before
Why did the creator of the Statue of Liberty place the monument where he did? -
(correct answer)because the mouth of the Hudson River was the gateway to the United
States for immigrants
Ellis Island and Angel Island were both known as places where: - (correct
answer)immigrants coming across the Atlantic and Pacific were processed into America
How were immigrants used by people like "Boss Tweed" and Tammany Hall? - (correct
answer)used for voter loyalty to the Tammany Hall Democratic Party
Frederic Bartholdi's monument was meant to represent? - (correct answer)freedom and
democracy
Tammany Hall was a political organization known for its" - (correct answer)corruption
and taking advantage of immigrants
immigrant - (correct answer)a person who moves to another country, usually for
permanent residence
What immigrants came to America?Continent - (correct answer)Eastern and Southern
Europe
, What immigrants came to America? New Countries - (correct answer)Eastern and
Southern Europe
What immigrants came to America? New Religions - (correct answer)Catholic, Jewish,
Eastern Orthodox (Christian)
Old Immigration: Colonial Period - 1880: - (correct answer)North/West Europe
New Immigration: 1880-1920: - (correct answer)East/Southern Europe
pull factors - (correct answer)Condition that attract people: to move to a certain country
Examples of pull factors? - (correct answer)1: (Religious and Political)
2: Economic opportunity
3: Abundant land
Push Factor: - (correct answer)Condition that force people to leave their home country
Push factor examples - (correct answer)1: Population growth
2: Agricultural changes (farming)
3: Crop failures
4: Industrial Revolution
5: Religious and Political turmoil
Cities have - (correct answer)Job opportunities
where the boats landed in and where immigrants settled - (correct answer)cities
