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Arriving in America, 1845 to 1920 is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on how immigrants arrived and how they were treated, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.Geo.7.3-5. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Arriving in America, 1845 to 1920

D2.Geo.7.3-5

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Read each text, then answer the questions.

1.Look at the source, then answer the questions.

Angel Island

An information text written for this worksheet. Angel Island, in San Francisco Bay, opened as an immigration station in 1910. Many of the people who arrived there came from China, Japan and other countries across the Pacific. Because of the Chinese Exclusion Act, Chinese immigrants were held for weeks or months, and some for up to two years. Officers questioned them closely about their families to decide whether they could stay. Some carved poems into the wooden walls about their sadness and their hopes. The poems can still be seen today.

  1. 1. How was arriving at Angel Island different for Chinese immigrants than arriving at Ellis Island in a few hours?
  2. 2. What does this text not tell you about the people held there?
  3. 3. Where is Angel Island?
2.Look at the source, then answer the questions.

Leaving the Mexican Revolution

An information text written for this worksheet. The Mexican Revolution began in 1910 and brought ten years of fighting to Mexico. Hundreds of thousands of people crossed the border into the United States to escape the violence. Many worked on farms, railroads and in mines across the Southwest. They built neighborhoods in cities such as Los Angeles, San Antonio and El Paso. Many Mexican American families in the Southwest had lived there since before the land became part of the United States in the 1840s and 1850s.

  1. 1. What does this text not tell you about the newcomers?
  2. 2. Why might newcomers settle in Los Angeles, San Antonio or El Paso?
  3. 3. Why is it wrong to call every Mexican American family in the Southwest an immigrant family?

LessonPrint · D2.Geo.7.3-5 · Set 12 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Arriving in America, 1845 to 1920

Set 12. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Chinese immigrants were held for weeks or months and questioned closely. 2. It does not tell you how many of them were allowed to stay. 3. In San Francisco Bay.
  2. 2.1. It does not tell you how many of them later returned to Mexico. 2. Mexican American neighborhoods and work on farms, railroads and in mines were there. 3. Many had lived there since before the land became part of the United States.

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Geo.7.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.