Immigration

Question 1

Reason why the U.S. DOES NOT limit immigration during the 19th century

Answer 1

immigrants provide a source of cheap labor

Question 2

Old Immigrants

Answer 2

immigrants who had come to the US before the 1880s from Britain, Germany, Ireland, and Scandinavia, or Northern Europe. Easier time adjusting to American life

Question 3

New Immigrants

Answer 3

Immigrants who came to the United States during and after the 1880s; most were from southern and eastern Europe. Harder time adjusting to the American way of life.

Question 4

Nativism

Answer 4

An anti-foreign feeling that arose in the 1840’s and 1850’s in response to the increase of Irish and German immigrants

Question 5

Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)

Answer 5

Denied any additional Chinese laborers to enter the country.

Question 6

Assimilation

Answer 6

Adopting the traits of another culture. Often happens over time when someone immigrates to a new country

Question 7

Goal of the Dawes Act of 1887 regarding Native American Indians

Answer 7

Assimilating Native American Indians into mainstream American life