Immigration: Ellis Island
Peaked again after the end of World War I
What is 'anti-immigrant sentiment?'
Between 1880 and 1920
4 million Italian immigrants entered the U.S.
The definition of economic
What is : having to do with the money system?
The period of residency required for citizenship noted in the Alien and Sedition Acts
What is "five to fourteen years?"
To be occurring in it's natural habitat; native
What is indigenous?
China-towns
What are the 'strong support netweorks in Chinese American communities in major urban areas throughout the country?'
Became a symbol of immigration during the decades between 1880 and 1920.
What is Ellis Island?
This word means to feel anger or bitterness about or toward, especially when something is seen to be unfair
What is "resent?"
The U.S. is said to be shaped by this in the text.
A word meaning high-ranking or official in its capacity
What is "prestigious?"
The photographer in New York who sumbitted a legionnaries photo of Italian-Americans
900,000 Polish immigrants had entered the US from the East and West coast by this year.
What is the year 1910?
A word meaning a significant turning point
What is "watershed?"
The year the sentiment behind the peace and safety acts of John Adams had diminished.
What is the year 1800?
The word meaning hatred or unfair treatment toward a person or group without cause or reason
What is prejudice?
Fears were recurring that this would stain the favric of American society
What is "immigration?"
These people became the scapegoats for economic difficulties as jobs became fiercely contested.
Who are the Italians?
A word that means a way of thinking or feeling about something.
What is "sentiment?"
A period of diplomatic tension with France that culminated in the passage of a series of laws known as the Alien and Sedition acts
What is the year 1798?
A word meaning a disagreement or debate
What is "controversy?"
the number of Italian Americans who served in the Armed Forces in World War II
What is "one million Italian Americans?"
The workplace difficulties encountered by the Polish immigrants
A word meaning the process of bringing all parts together into a whole
What is "integration?"
Two reasons why the German and Irish immigrants left their homes
What is famine and political repression?
The definition of "condition"
What is a state of being or existence?