Push/Pull Factors
The Irish Potato Famine
What is the reason most of the Irish migrated to the U.S.?
the term used to describe relocation of people from one country to another
What is immigration?
the area where most people could find jobs
Why did most people settle in the cities (urban areas)?
Most immigrants arrived at this New York receiving station.
What is Ellis Island?
to escape povery, better job opportunities
Why did most immigrants come to the U.S.?
The movement of people to the city
What is urbanization?
The name for the overcrowded, poorly built apartments that the immigrants lived in in the early 20th century
What are tenements?
group of immigrants that were the first to be "excluded" from entering the U.S.
Who were The Chinese?
Cheap labor
Why did the U.S. encourage immigration?
function of Ellis Island in the early 1900s
What is an Immigration station?
treatment received by new immigrants when they entered the United States because their culture was different.
What is discrimination?
the place on the ship where most immigrants stayed
What is the Steerage?
Many immigrants were greeted by her before getting to the island.
Who is the Statue of Liberty?
the theory that immigrants will blend thier cultures to create on American culture.
What is the "Melting pot" theory?
Immigrants arriving from Asia gained admission here.
What is Angel Island?
Act that limited immigration to the U.S.
What is The Chinese Exclusion Act?