Ellis Island
Where were most of the Immigrants from?
Europe
What Did The Chinese Do To Enter America?
What Group Was Invited To the USA
The SE Asians
What is a Pull factor?
a positive condition that attracts individuals to a new location
What was the biggest pull factor for immigrants?
Freedom
What Was the Most Popular Job Among-st The Chinese, That They Started?
Farming and Agriculture.
What was One Push Factor for African Immigrants?
Food
What is a Push Factor?
a circumstance or condition that makes people and groups to leave their current location
What language did most of the immigrants speak?
Italian, German, Yiddish, and Polish
What Was one of the Jobs the Mexicans worked? Not Their Own?
Farming
What was One Push Factor for SE Asians?
Fighting in Vietnam.
What is a Refugee?
a person who has been forced to leave their country.
What was one of the tests the immigrants went through?
The eye test/Physical exam
Or
The written exam / interrogations
What Where the French Canadians Seeking In The USA?
Greater Opportunities.
What Was One Push Factor for Italians?
Changing Economy
What is a Naturalization Process?
the legal process by which a non-citizen becomes a citizen of a country.
How many immigrants came through Ellis island?
Over or around 12 million
What Did the Chinese Do in the Gold Mountain?
They Laid The Train Tracks.
When did the immigrants Start coming to USA?
1800-Now
What is the Definition of Citizenship?
A legal status and relation between an individual and a state or country.