Work in America
HUDDLED MASSES
PUSH
PULL
POTPOURRI
100
Canneries are where many found work
Who were Mexicans
100
Many traveled on foot or the back of burros
Who were Mexican Immigrants
100
Pogroms were used against them.
Who were Russian Jews
100
Mexican did not need this to freely enter the United States
What is a passport
100
After the 1906 eathquake many had their birth records destroyed.
Who are Chinese men
200
Many of theses immigrants lived and worked on Mulberry Street
Who were Italians
200
She wrote: "give me your tired, poor....
Who was Emma Lazarus
200
A bloody civil war sent 500,000 of these people to America
Who are Mexicans
200
Jewish immigrants came to American for this type of freedom
What is religious
200
This continent sent more that 40 million to America between 1820 and 1990
What is Europe
300
These made it easier for immigrants to travel inland to find work
What are railroads
300
Before 1880 most immigrants came from this part of Europe
What is Northern
300
Struggling farmers from this country in the 1880's left their rocky soil for the fertile farmland of America
What is Italy
300
Many Chinese came to America in 1849 for this rush
What is Gold
300
They did what ever they could to keep their children in school
Who were the Jews
400
Many Italians helped build these.
What are tenements
400
By 1920 1/3 of the American population was this.
What is born in another country
400
Those who fled their homes or countries because of war, persecution or other causes.
What are refugees
400
This would happen to many of those who did not pass medical inspections.
What is to be sent back.
400
More of this kind of Chinese could come to American after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake
What is women
500
This became the most densely packed neighborhood of New York City
What is the Lower East Side
500
Huddled together immigrants had to spend time in this lower area of the ship
What is steerage
500
This system was used to limit immigration in the 1920's
What is quota
500
By 1900 most of this had already been claimed.
What is farmland in the west
500
This is where a museum for European Immigration is located.
What is Ellis Island
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