Multiple Choice: Circle the letter of the answer that best answers the question.

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1 Name Date Immigration Unit Test Fourth Grade Part I (40 points) Multiple Choice: Circle the letter of the answer that best answers the question. 1. From which country did people immigrate from due to crop failures? a. Italy b. Ireland c. Poland d. Russia 2. What is the belief that America has and will continue to assimilate all ethnic groups? a. imperialism b. cultural diffusion c. the melting pot concept d. nativism 3. Which of the following is not an example of a push factor? a. famine b. poverty c. religious freedom d. discrimination 4. What invention influenced immigrants lives in America during the early 1900s? a. the computer b. the telephone c. the airplane d. the television

2 Use the graph to answer question During which years did the greatest number of immigrants come from Southern Europe? a b c d

3 True or False: For numbers 6-10, write whether each statement is true or false on the lines provided. 6. The group referred to as Old Immigrants came into the U.S. primarily through Boston. 7. Old immigrants came to America to find available farm land and to find religious freedom. 8. Joining relatives is an example of a pull factor. 9. The quota allowed an unlimited amount of people to enter the U.S. from a given country.

4 Matching: For numbers write the letter of the definition that matches each term on the line. 10. Culture 11. Citizen 12. Stereotype 13. Assimilate 14. Persecution 15. Ancestor a. A person from whom one is descended, especially if more remote than a grandparent. b. A resident, especially one entitled to vote and enjoy other privileges there. c. Common beliefs about a group of people that are based on generalizations d. The behaviors and beliefs characteristic of a particular social, ethnic, or age group e. To take something in and make it part of a group, country or community, rather than remaining in a separate group f. System of continued harmful or cruel treatment and discrimination of a group of people

5 Interpretive Exercises: Using the following poem and your knowledge of the history of immigration, answer questions 16 and 17 to the best of your ability. Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame, "Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore, Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" by Emma Lazarus, New York City, What monument is this poem displayed on? 17. Based on the passage, what does this monument represent?

6 Part II: DBQ (60 points) Directions: Answer the questions for each document and then use the information from the documents and your knowledge of history to answer the question: How did the challenges faced by immigrants who came to America during the late 19 th century change their perceptions about life in the United States? Document 1: Chapter IV: The Rabbit Sends In a Little Bill "It was much pleasanter at home," thought poor Alice, "when one wasn't always growing larger and smaller, and being ordered about by mice and rabbits. I almost wish I hadn't gone down that rabbit-hole - and yet - it's rather curious, you know, this sort of life! I do wonder what can have happened to me! When I used to read fairy tales, I fancied that kind of thing never happened, and now here I am in the middle of one!" 18. How does this excerpt from Lewis Carroll s Alice s Adventures in Wonderland relate to the experience of an immigrant? (2 points) 19. Name and describe a time when you could relate to the way immigrants felt when they arrived in America. (2 points)

7 Document 2: 20. What is going on in this picture? (2 points) 21. Where was this picture taken? (2 points)

8 Document 3: 22. What group of people is shown in this picture? (2 points) 23. What conditions are these people facing? (2 points)

9 Document 4: 24. What challenge does this cartoon demonstrate for immigrants? (2 points) 25. How did this idea limit immigration to the U.S.? (2 points)

10 Document 5: 26. What type of living does this image display? (2 points) 27. Why were these conditions so common in the late 1800s? (2 points)

11 Essay (40 points) Using the documents and your knowledge of immigration during the early 20 th century, write an essay to answer the question: How did the challenges faced by immigrants who came to America during the late 19 th century change their perceptions about life in the United States?

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