Vocabulary
What is the movement of people into a new country to live?
Immigration
Name an example of a push AND pull factor.
push: war, persecution, famine, unemployment
pull: job, education, freedom, safety
What was the name of the first restrictive immigration policy that targeted a specific ethnic group in 1882 called?
Chinese Exclusion Act
What war resulted in the US gaining a large amount of Mexican territory in 1848?
Mexican-American War
During times of national hardship, has the US typically been more restrictive or accepting of immigrants?
restrictive
What is the movement of people out of their home country called?
emigration
A family leaves their home country because of political violence and moves to the US for safety. Identify the push and pull factor.
push: political violence
pull: safety
What 1830 law authorized the forceful relocation of many Native American tribes from their lands?
Indian Removal Act
What was the movement of millions of African Americans from the South to Northern and Western cities called?
Which government body is responsible for passing immigration policy?
Congress
If a family escapes their country out of fear, what would this factor be called?
push factor
What were the name of the discriminatory laws passed in the South that caused many African Americans to leave for Northern and Western cities?
Jim Crow Laws
What was the name of the program that was approved in 1942 to recruit agricultural and industrial laborers from Mexico?
Bracero Program
What belief claimed that the US was destined and entitled to expand across North America?
Manifest Destiny
What was a possible question that might have been asked to immigrants coming into Ellis Island?
Name, country of origin, occupation
What is it called when a large group moves to a new area within the same area, region, or country?
Migration
What event in Ireland during the 1840s caused widespread hunger and forced many people to leave?
Irish Potato Famine
What federal law divided Native American communal lands into private property for agricultural use?
Ellis & Angel Island
In order to "decontaminate" immigrants coming from Mexico during WWI, what chemicals were they sprayed with?
Asylum seeker
Name one push AND pull factor that led to increased Chinese immigration in the 1800s.
push: Taiping Civil War, famine, flood
pull: Gold Rush, Railroads, protection under the Burlingame Treaty
What was the event called where the US pressured many Mexican people to leave the US during the Great Depression?
Mexican Repatriation
Which country was the large mass of land referred to as the Louisiana Purchase was bought from?
France