Chapter 1
During the 1800s most immigrants to the US came from which continent
Europe
freight
The New Immigrants came from which parts of Europe?
Southern and Eastern (Russian/Mediterranean)
The first place in NYC immigrants stepped foot
Ellis Island
The generation who was the bridge
The 2nd Generation
Which decade Pre-Civil War did most immigrants come to the US?
1850s
Overcrowded apartment buildings often in city slums (vocab word)
tenement
New Immigrants looked forward to finding jobs in the ____________________
City
A party of anti-immigrant nativitsts; eventually named the American Party
Know Nothing Party
The generation that held onto "old ways'
1st Generation
This disease destroyed Irish potato crops
Blight
Length of the voyage
1-3 months
Which city had more immigrants than many of those immigrants' former capitals?
New York City
How many people passed through Ellis Island?
16 million
The generation that became "average joes" and "janes"
3rd Generation
This form of communication was a big "pull" for Europeans to immigrate to US
Letters
The poorest of the immigrants in Chap. 2
The Irish
Japanese, Chinese, and Mexicans primarily immigrated to
Western states
Emma Lazarus' poem
The New Colossus
Israel Zangwill's play
The Melting Pot
These two economic factors pushed people away from Europe
Too little farm land; industrialization
Name 3 of the 5 major ports immigrants came to
New York, Boston, Philly, Baltimore, New Orleans
Those immigrants who went back and forth from US to home country were called
Birds of Passage
Which act by Congress was the first to ban a specific nationality of immigration?
Chinese Exclusion Act
Out of many one
E pluribus unum