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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. Where is Angel Island?
  2. 2. How was arriving at Angel Island different for Chinese immigrants than arriving at Ellis Island in a few hours?
  3. 3. Where did many of the people who arrived there come from?
2.Look at the source, then answer the questions.

Ellis Island

An information text written for this worksheet. Ellis Island, in New York Harbor near the Statue of Liberty, opened as an immigration station on January 1, 1892. About 12 million immigrants passed through it before it closed in 1954. Doctors checked each arrival for illness, and officers asked questions about family, work and money. Most people passed through in a few hours. About 2 out of every 100 were sent back, usually because of illness.

  1. 1. What does this text not tell you about the immigrants?
  2. 2. What did doctors check each arrival for?
  3. 3. When did Ellis Island open?

LessonPrint · D2.Geo.7.3-5 · Set 9 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Arriving in America, 1845 to 1920

Set 9. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. In San Francisco Bay. 2. Chinese immigrants were held for weeks or months and questioned closely. 3. China, Japan and other countries across the Pacific.
  2. 2.1. It does not tell you which countries the immigrants came from. 2. Illness. 3. January 1, 1892.

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