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1. Give two reasons why people came to America from other countries.

2. List four countries from which people came to America in the 1800s.

3. How was the government of the U.S. different from that in many of the immigrants' home countries?

4. How did the Homestead Act affect immigration into the U.S.?

a) It attracted more immigrants with the offer of free land.

b) It caused immigration to slow down because all land was already taken by citizens.

c) It stopped newcomers from signing labor contracts before they came in.

d) It restricted Asian people from coming in.

5. California became a state after people gathered there from all over the world because

a) Poor people there could get free food and housing.

b) It was the only place where foreigners were welcomed.

c) Gold had been discovered.

d) Wages for foreigners were higher than in other places.

6. A person becomes an immigrant when he/she

a) Follows a gold rush

b) Leaves his/her home and comes to a new country to live

c) Travels a long way

d) Visits a new country

7. Imagine you live somewhere in Europe in 1890. Your family has lived in the same place for generations. What factors in your homeland might cause you to decide to leave your home and move to America, as millions did at that time?

8. As a European of 1890, you hear much about the newest nation in the world —America. What are you hearing that might make you decide to leave your home and move to the U.S.?

Answer 1

1. economic opportunity and fleeing famine

2. great britain, ireland, germany, scandinavia

3. its a democracy

4. A

5. i think c ?

6. B

7. crop failure, land shortages, rising taxes

8. that its a democracy, job opportunities, free land