Coming to America is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on why immigrant groups came and where they settled, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.Geo.6.3-5. 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.
Set 6 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
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Coming to America
D2.Geo.6.3-5
NameDate
Draw a line from each group to why it came or where it settled.
1.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Italian immigrants, 1880 to 1920
Japanese immigrants, late 1800s
Irish immigrants, 1840s
Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe, 1880 to 1920
A.Fled a famine after a disease destroyed Ireland's potato crop
B.Many first worked on sugar plantations in Hawaii
C.Many left poor villages in southern Italy for jobs building American cities
D.Fled violent attacks called pogroms in the Russian Empire
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Chinese immigrants, 1850s
German immigrants, 1850s
Vietnamese refugees, after 1975
Mexican immigrants, 1910s
A.Fled their country after the Vietnam War ended
B.Many came after the failed revolutions of 1848 in the German states
C.Escaped the fighting of the Mexican Revolution
D.Came for the Gold Rush, then were shut out by the Exclusion Act of 1882
LessonPrint · D2.Geo.6.3-5 · Set 6 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Coming to America
Set 6. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Italian immigrants, 1880 to 1920 — C (Many left poor villages in southern Italy for jobs building American cities) 2. Japanese immigrants, late 1800s — B (Many first worked on sugar plantations in Hawaii) 3. Irish immigrants, 1840s — A (Fled a famine after a disease destroyed Ireland's potato crop) 4. Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe, 1880 to 1920 — D (Fled violent attacks called pogroms in the Russian Empire)
2.1. Chinese immigrants, 1850s — D (Came for the Gold Rush, then were shut out by the Exclusion Act of 1882) 2. German immigrants, 1850s — B (Many came after the failed revolutions of 1848 in the German states) 3. Vietnamese refugees, after 1975 — A (Fled their country after the Vietnam War ended) 4. Mexican immigrants, 1910s — C (Escaped the fighting of the Mexican Revolution)
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Geo.6.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.