All of the following factors lured people to the United States from European and Asian nations in the late 1800s except ________.
(Points: 1)
shortage of good farmland
2. People left their homelands in the late 1800s for all of the following reasons except ________.
(Points: 1)
tolerance of religious minorities
3. Which correctly matches an immigrant group to the region where most eventually settled?
(Points: 1)
Scandinavian—Midwest
Minnesota was the main area.
4. Where did the majority of Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe settle in the United States?
(Points: 1)
New York City
5. Which best describes an immigrant family's experience at Ellis Island?
(Points: 1)
They were interviewed thoroughly, given physical examinations, and usually left the same day they arrived.
7. Many Jewish immigrants were helped to assimilate into mainstream American culture by
(Points: 1)
reading a Yiddish newspaper that included news and features aimed at helping them to acculturate.
