Illegal Immigration
A quiz on illegal immigration for a school project.
- 1.What are some reasons immigrants choose to leave their countries?Check all that apply.
- A.
Poverty
- B.
Health Care
- C.
Escape war
- D.
Locating Family
- 2.What country houses illegal immigrants where 59% of those are from Mexico?
- A.
United States
- B.
Canada
- C.
Africa
- D.
Britain
- 3.What is illegal immigration?
- A.
Passing a country's borders without proper documentation
- B.
Staying in a country after papers expire
- C.
Moving to a different state
- D.
Moving to a different county
- 4.What country does the United States have a double layered fence between the other country and the US?
- A.
Canada
- B.
Mexico
- C.
Cuba
- D.
Greenland
- 5.What was the name of the eastern port of entry to the United States until November of 1954?
- A.
Angel Island
- B.
Immigration Station
- C.
Ellis Island
- D.
New York
- 6.What wasthe name of the western port of entry to the United States starting at 1910?
- A.
Angel Island
- B.
Immigration Station
- C.
Ellis Island
- D.
New York
- 7.What year did Ellis Island close?
- A.
1954
- B.
1988
- C.
Never closed
- D.
1912
- 8.The _______ is the temporary pass to enter a country.
- 9.What is the name of the group of people in charge of guarding the Mexican-United States border?
- A.
US patrol
- B.
Immigration guards
- C.
Border Patrol
- D.
Border Guards
- 10.What act reduced the amount of immigrants allowed to enter a country a year?
- A.
Immigration act
- B.
Limiting act
- C.
Johnson-Reed act
- D.
Entry act
- 11.During the California Gold Rush, what was the main country trying to gain access to America in order to get to the gold?
- A.
Africa
- B.
China
- C.
Mexico
- D.
Japan
- 12.The Bracero Program brought ________ Mexicans for cheap labor.
- A.
5,000,000
- B.
500,000
- C.
50,000
- D.
5,000
- E.
500
- 13.The _______ ________ allowed Japanese "picture brides" to enter the United States to visit their husbands.
- A.
Japanese-America act
- B.
Gentlemen's Agreement
- C.
Johnson-Reed act
- D.
Declaration of Independence
- 14.What war caused the immigration of thousands of Mexicans?
- A.
French-Indian
- B.
Mexican Revolution
- C.
Civil War
- D.
World War II
- 15.In 1980 what country released 125,000 of its citizens for the United States during the Mariel Boatlift?
- A.
Britain
- B.
Greenland
- C.
Canada
- D.
Cuba
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