Migration, Immigration & Growing Towns — Practice · Grade 7 Social Studies

Chapter: Early Republic, Markets & Migration

What this practice covers

By the end of Migration, Immigration & Growing Towns you should be able to:

8 questions, written answer, each with a worked explanation.

Vocabulary used: context, primary source, interpretation, migration, nativism.

Problem 1

Why is one national label insufficient to explain a migrant’s decision?
Answer and explanation

People within a country have different circumstances, resources, beliefs, relationships, and aims. A particular decision needs particular evidence.

Problem 2

Does arrival in New York prove permanent residence there?
Answer and explanation

No. The port can be an entry point. Later household, travel, work, and community records are needed to establish residence and movement.

Problem 3

Why is town growth not an exact measure of immigration?
Answer and explanation

Population change includes multiple processes and possible boundary or recording changes. Arrival counts and total residents measure different categories.

Problem 4

How should a prejudiced pamphlet be used?
Answer and explanation

It can show a dated argument and mobilization. Evaluate its factual claims separately and avoid repeat stereotypes as established descriptions of the targeted group.

Problem 5

Invented town interval: initial residents 100; births 12; deaths 5; arrivals 20; departures 7. Boundaries and recording are stipulated unchanged. Find the ending count and explain why it does not establish twenty overseas immigrants.
Answer and explanation

The ending count is 100+12−5+20−7=120. Net growth is 20, while arrivals are also 20 only by coincidence in this example. The record does not specify where arrivals came from, so they cannot all be classified as overseas immigrants. Actual census interpretation also needs definitions and recording limits.

Add births and arrivals.

Subtract deaths and departures.

Distinguish inward movement from overseas immigration.

Response criteria

  • Describe the historical context and institutions accurately.
  • Connect relevant evidence with an explained claim or calculation.
  • Represent particular perspectives without stereotypes or invented testimony.
  • Identify an assumption, evidentiary limit, or distinction that qualifies the conclusion.

Problem 6

A later song describes migration. Is it necessarily a firsthand account of every traveler?
Answer and explanation

No. Identify creator, date, genre, and purpose. It may reveal representation or feeling without directly documenting each traveler’s decision or experience.

Response criteria

  • Describe the historical context and institutions accurately.
  • Connect relevant evidence with an explained claim or calculation.
  • Represent particular perspectives without stereotypes or invented testimony.
  • Identify an assumption, evidentiary limit, or distinction that qualifies the conclusion.

Problem 7

Give one distinction between immigration and internal migration.
Answer and explanation

Immigration involves entering a country to settle, while internal migration occurs between places within its boundaries; historical boundaries must be specified.

Problem 8

What record could help trace residence after arrival?
Answer and explanation

Dated household, census, work, travel, or community records could follow later locations, while identifying gaps and changes in recording.

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