Section 1 Chapter 21
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- What types of freedoms were immigrants eager for?
- to be able to live in a land were police could not arrest or imprison you w.out reason, also freedom of religion.
- What is a pogrom?
- organized attacks on jewish villages
- Who wrote "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free...
- Emma Lazarus
- What types of persecution drove many people from their homes?
- Political or religious persecution
- What type of work did many European immigrants do and why were they looking for work in America?
- small farmers or landless farmworkers. america needed more workers
- Who is a nativist?
- they sought to limit immigration and preserve the country for native born white protestants.
- What did factory owners do to hire workers at low wages?
- they sent agents to europe and asia to hire workers. .
- What is the Chines Exlusion Act?
- a law in 1882, it barred chinese laborers from entering the country
- What bill did Congress pass that President Grover Cleveland vetoed?
- a bill that denied entry to people who could not read their own language
- Why did immigrant neighborhoods develop?
- immigrants could speak their own language, celebrate special holidays, prepare foods as in the old country. Italians joined clubs like the sons of italy and hungarian bought and read hungarian newspapers. relgion was worshipped in both united and seperated ethnic groups.
- How did nativist argue against the immigrants?
- they argued that immigrants would not fit into american culutre because their languages, religions, and customs were too different
- Why was America called the "Land of Opportunity?"
- because it had freedem of religion, etc. there were jobs and many opportunities.
- How did steamship companies and railroads help to entice the Europeans to come to America?
- steamship companies offered low fares for the ocean crossing. railroads posted notices in europe advertising cheap land in the american west
- What happened to this bill by 1917?
- it became law
- What type of jobs were the chief pull factor for immigrants?
- Industrial jobs.
- What was the American Protective Association?
- the group campagined for laws to restrict immigration
- What are push factors?
- conditions that drive people from their homes
- Describe what happened at Ellis Islands?
- a new receiving station opened up. here, immigrants had to face a dreaded medical inspection. climb a long flight of stairs, examined eyes, ears, throats. sick had to stay on ellis island and wait to get beterr.
- What is steerage?
- airless rooms below deck
- What are pull factors?
- conditions that attract immigrants to a new area
- Who were the New Immigrants?
- 1860-1900. southern and eastern europe. italians, poles, greeks, russians, hungarians, asians.catholic, jewish, eastern orthodox, daoist, and buddhist.
- Where did many Asian immigrants enter the United States?
- Angel island in san franscisco
- What is acculturation?
- the proccess of holding on to older traditions while adapting to a new culture.
- How many immigrants poured into the United States between 1865 and 1915?
- More than 25 million
- Who greeted the European immigrants sailing into New York?
- The statue of liberty
- Where did most immigrants stay when they entered the United States?
- the cities where they landed
- Who were the Old Immigrants?
- 1840-1860most had been protestants from northern & western europe. English, Irish, Germans, Scandinavians.
- How did religion unite and separate the immigrants
- religion stood at the center of immigrant family life. Houses of worship both united and seperated ethnic groups. Catholics from italy worshipped in italian neighbor hood parishes, etc.