European Immigrants
By 1900, more than half of the immigrants in the US were from this continent
Europe
Unemployment, poverty and famine in their home country, the Taiping Rebellion, and the lure of the gold rush led people from this asian country to America
China
A preference for native born people and a desire to limit immigration
nativism
No lie
No cap
Some Europeans immigrated to avoid forced military
service
a Polish Jew who immigrated to the US and rose from poverty to wealth to became a filmmaker.
Samuel Godwyn
Male Asian immigrants were kept for months in dormitories on this California Island
Angel Island
Nativists feared that this religion would swamp the US which would give that religion too much power.
Catholicism
be a fan of someone or something, comes from the song by Eminem
stan
Some immigrants moved for an opportunity to move up the social
ladder
Jews living in Poland and Russia fled to the US to avoid this
religious persecution
European immigrants were processed at Ellis Island which was near what large American city
New York
This anti immigrant organization in the midwest and north east was founded by Henry Bowers who hated Catholicism
American Protective Association
something or someone that’s embarrassing or awkward.
cringe
What ocean did Asian immigrants cross to get to America
Pacific
cheap unhealthy crowded area on a steamship where the poorest immigrants stayed
steerage
Asian Immigrants were processed at Angel Island which was of the coast of what US state
California
This anti immigrant group was run by an Irish immigrant! Denis Kearney hated the Chinese and formed this anti immigration organization
Workingman's Party of California
a type of behavior that’s slothful or self-indulgent with no concern for social norms, e.g., not bothering to shower or change clothes for several days. a mode
Goblin mode
A Danish born journalist who observed that a map of New York with colors to designate nationalities would have more stripes than a zebra.
Jacob Riis
a tiny island in New York Harbor that was used as the processing center for immigrants after 1892
Ellis Island
Cities became separated into specific areas like Little Italy, or the Jewish "Lower East Side called
neighborhoods
Congress passed this law that barred Chinese immigration for 10 years and prevented Chinese alreaedy in the country from becoming citizens
Chinese Exclusion Act
getting so upset or throwing a fit so bad that you could seriously damage your reputation
D1 crashout
What ocean did European Immigrants cross to get to America?
Atlantic