🇺🇸 US History Trivia
Quiz Set 15 — Immigration
Answer all 10 questions. Click an option to see if you got it right!
Question 1 of 10
What island was the main immigration gateway from 1892 to 1954?
Ellis Island in New York Harbor processed over 12 million immigrants.
Question 2 of 10
Which law severely restricted Chinese immigration in 1882?
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was the first law to restrict immigration by nationality.
Question 3 of 10
What was the Great Migration?
From 1910 to 1970, about 6 million Black Americans moved from the rural South to Northern cities.
Question 4 of 10
What was Angel Island used for?
Angel Island in San Francisco Bay processed immigrants, mainly from Asia, from 1910 to 1940.
Question 5 of 10
Which 1924 law established immigration quotas based on national origin?
The Immigration Act of 1924 severely restricted immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe and banned Asian immigration.
Question 6 of 10
What caused the Irish Potato Famine immigration wave?
The Great Famine of 1845-1852 drove over one million Irish to emigrate to the United States.
Question 7 of 10
Which program brought Mexican workers to the US during WWII?
The Bracero Program (1942-1964) allowed millions of Mexican workers to work temporarily in the US.
Question 8 of 10
What did the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 change?
The 1965 law replaced discriminatory quotas with a system based on family ties and skills.
Question 9 of 10
What is DACA?
DACA was established by executive action in 2012 to protect childhood arrivals from deportation.
Question 10 of 10
Which Statue of Liberty poem mentions huddled masses?
The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus is inscribed on the Statue of Liberty's pedestal.