Immigration

Question 1

Reasons for immigration:

Answer 1

Push and pull factors

Question 2

Push factors:

Answer 2

1) Overcrowding
2) Loss of jobs
3) Political/ religious persecution
4) Revolution
5) Famine- Ireland in the 1840’s

Question 3

Pull factors:

Answer 3

1) Promise of freedom and a better life
2) Some had family in America
3) Job availability in factories

Question 4

Old immigrants
Came to America before 1880

Answer 4

-From Northern/ Western Europe
-Many already spoke English
-German, British, Irish
-Easier time assimilating
-Irish didn’t get along well because they were Catholic

Question 5

New immigrants
Came to American after 1880

Answer 5

-Southern/ Eastern Europe
-No english
-Poland, Italy, Greece, Russia
-Most had issues assimilating into America
-Different languages, religions, and cultures

Question 6

Newest immigrants
After Vietnam War (1975)

Answer 6

-The transformation of the U.S.
-Mexico, India, China

Question 7

Ellis Island

Answer 7

Located in NY Harbor
-Purpose: Medical inspection and registration

Question 8

Steerage

Answer 8

Cheapest part of the boat to travel to U.S.
-Bad because this lets to people getting diseases

Question 9

Angel Island

Answer 9

In San Franciso Bay in California
-Controlled flow of Asian immigrants

Question 10

Nativism

Answer 10

Group of people that wanted to preserve the U.S. for white, Protestant, native-born Americans
-feared immigrants taking jobs

Question 11

Chinese Exclusion Act
(1882)

Answer 11

Chinese workers not allowed into the U.S.
-Chinese living in the U.S. aren’t allowed out

Question 12

Literacy Test

Answer 12

Immigrants must pass a reading test in their own language
-prevent poor immigrants from South/ Eastern Europe