**Section 7.1 & 7.2 Flashcards

1
Q

what are examples of a “push” -

A

war
religious persecution
famine

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2
Q

push -

A

getting pushed out of country

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3
Q

pull -

A

pulling you towards a country

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4
Q

examples of a “pull” -

A

education
freedom
jobs

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5
Q

Ellis Island and Angel Island are both _____________ _______________.

A

immigration stations

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6
Q

which island did europeans come to -

A

ellis island

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7
Q

which island did asians come to?

A

Angel island

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8
Q

where immigrants created their own community based on their cultures -

A

ethnic communtities

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9
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committed to preserving culture BUT also wanting to grow into new identities =-

A

hyphenated

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10
Q

to become different, dropping your cultures

no more unique qualities anymore =

A

melting pot

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11
Q

cultures mix, but keep the same cultures -

A

mixing bowl

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12
Q

favored towards native americans

A

navitism

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13
Q

what does nativism lead to -

A

immigration restriction

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14
Q

Navitism in ____________ __________________.

A

labor movement

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15
Q

they feared that who would take over all the jobs?

A

the chinese

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16
Q

what were created? (Chinese could not join)

A

labor unions

17
Q

an agreement between U.S. and Japan

not official

A

Gentlemen’s agreement

18
Q

in the gentlemen’s agreement…. who wouldn’t impose restriction on whose immigration?

A

U.S. wouldn’t impose restriction on Japans immigration

19
Q

Japan had to limit what?

A

the # of unskilled workers

20
Q

what are two examples of the official immigration restrictions -

A
Chinese exclusion act
literary test (reading)
21
Q

increase in immigration = …

A

rapid urbanization

22
Q

why do immigrants live in the cities?

A

because of jobs

23
Q

what were some housing issues/challenges?

A

tenements
crammed/lots of people
unsanitary
diseases

24
Q

what kind of communitites are in the city?

A

ethnic communitites

25
Q

wanting everything to be American Culture -

A

Americanization Movement

26
Q

T or F

the americanization movement was government sponsored.

A

true

27
Q

what dominant culture did they want only?

A

American Culture

28
Q

what were some urban problems the immigrants and government faced -

A
tenements 
no clean water
not much indoor plumbing
diseases soon spread
crime 
air pollution
29
Q

described the lives in tenements -

A

unsanitary
dirty
diseases
crammed

30
Q

he was a immigrant from Denmark
reporter and photographer
wanted to document immigrant life

A

Jacob Riis

31
Q

he ALSO wanted to expose the ugly truth of the workers lives (through pictures)

A

Lewis Hine

32
Q

how did rapid urbanization lead to reform -

A

the state government passed laws for tenements (good)

33
Q

the middle class finally see the horror of the __________ & ___________ conditions

A

working and living

34
Q

true or false.

thousands joined groups to improve the society.

A

true

35
Q

what are the 5 reasons for coming to America?

A
escaped difficult conditions
new opportunities
better life
famine
job shortages
36
Q

navitsts believed that this group was to be the superior ethnic groups …

A

Anglo Saxtons

37
Q

Gentlemen’s agreement decreased ….

A

Japanese immigration