3.3.1-3.3.7

Question 1

Pogroms

Answer 1

Violent riots against Russian Jews because of the death of Russian Ruler Czar Alexander II that spread across the Russian Empire in the 1880’s

Question 2

Italian Immigrants (Push Factors)

Answer 2

Push Factors: The population boosted due to hygiene and medical improvements. Italy’s Food and Economy was too slow for the number of people.

Question 3

Italian Immigrants (Pull Factors)

Answer 3

Pull Factors- Promised better economic opportunities and they hoped to send their families over when they had enough money—looking for places to display their works and products.

Question 4

Slavic Immigrants

Answer 4

Slavics left because of Ethnic Discrimination in the Austro-Hungarian Empire

Question 5

Chinese Immigrants

Answer 5

Chinese Immigrants reached California after word of the Gold Rush. Though they didn’t find much gold, they found work on railroads, working for families, opening restaurants, and making leather goods.

Question 6

Emigrate

Answer 6

To permanently leave ones country

Question 7

Immigrate

Answer 7

To leave one’s country to live in another country permanently

Question 8

Ethnic Enclaves

Answer 8

Immigrants settled in diverse towns, facing language, and religion barriers together.

Question 9

Settlement Houses

Answer 9

They started in the UK to help the poor. When Immigrants came to the US they were built there too. Provided shelter and helped people become “Americanized”

Question 10

Ellis Island

Answer 10

The first Immigration Station, in NYC, opened on January 1, 1892.

Question 11

Angel Island

Answer 11

“Ellis Island of the West”, Immigration Station in San Francisco.

Question 12

The Chinese Exclusion Act

Answer 12

Prohibited Chinese Immigration for 10 years