Chapter Chronology

Quiz for Living in the Past: The Immigrant Experience

Question

1. How many people emigrated from Europe between 1800 and 1930?

A.
B.
C.
D.
Correct. The answer is c. Roughly half of these migrants, about 30 million, settled in the United States.
Incorrect. The answer is c. Roughly half of these migrants, about 30 million, settled in the United States.

Question

2. Which of these groups made up the majority of newcomers to the United States between 1890 and 1925?

A.
B.
C.
D.
Correct. The answer is b. For much of the nineteenth century, northern Europeans made up the majority of immigrants to the United States. In the late nineteenth century, however, Italians, Poles, and Russian Jews predominated.
Incorrect. The answer is b. For much of the nineteenth century, northern Europeans made up the majority of immigrants to the United States. In the late nineteenth century, however, Italians, Poles, and Russian Jews predominated.

Question

3. Which of these best characterizes the experience of most late nineteenth-century European emigrants to the United States?

A.
B.
C.
D.
Correct. The answer is a. While each step in the journey from Europe to the United States had its difficulties, 98 percent of those who made it to Ellis Island were allowed to settle in America.
Incorrect. The answer is a. While each step in the journey from Europe to the United States had its difficulties, 98 percent of those who made it to Ellis Island were allowed to settle in America.