Immigration Flashcards
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Push Factors
A
reasons to leave one’s home country
1
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What caused a surge of immigration in the US? (2)
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U. S. Job opportunies and difficulties in other countries
2
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What were some of the push factors? (3)
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- Religious persecution
- Political Unrest
- Technology Eliminated traditional jobs
3
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Pull Factors
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reasons to go to a certain country
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What were some pull factors? (2)
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- Job Openings
- Farmland available
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What were the menial jobs that immigrants filled like? (3)
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- Long Hours
- Low Pay
- Very Dangerous
6
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Tenements
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Large buildings divided into small apartments that immigrants settled in
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What were the tenements like? (2)
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- Extremely overcrowded
- Lacked basic necessities
8
Q
the late 1800’s experienced a ________ reaction
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Nativist
9
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immigrants will take American jobs because they will…
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Work for less money
10
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Chinese Exclusion Act
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An act on the West Coast that sent Chinese Immigrant Ships back to China
