Ellis Island
What are 3 push factor that would push people out of Europe?
Population growth, hunger, lack of jobs.
What other job did the Chinese do besides mining and railroads?
Agriculture.
What pushed the Danes out of their country and what pulled them to come to Iowa?
War and Religion.
How old do you have to be to vote?
18
What are 3 pull factors that would lead people to the United States?
Natural resources, jobs, life in a free democratic society.
What was the other name that Angel Island was called in 1910?
Ellis Island of the West.
What year did the Danes come to Iowa?
1870s.
What are two benefits of becoming a citizen?
Freedom of Speech, Vote.
What symbols would the doctors mark the immigrants with?
L stood for lameness and X stood for mental problems.
Did the population of Asian farm workers increase or decrease?
Decreased.
What famous Czech composer lived in New York City then spent a night in Springville?
Antonin Bvovak.
What are 2 things you must do as a citizen?
Pay taxes and serve in court.
How many immigrants came to Ellis Island?
More the 12 million.
What year did anti-Asian feelings happen?
1906.
What years did the Danes, Czechs, and Lebanese come to Iowa?
1870s, 1893, 1895.
What are 2 things you should do as a citizen?
Attend school and register for the military draft.
How much percent did the proportion of Americans who lived in cities increase from 1870-1920?
25-50%
What were the Chinese locked in at Angel Island?
Wooden barracks.
Where did the Lebanese immigrants go to mostly in Iowa?
Cedar Rapids.
How much did the percentage of the Americans living in the cities increased from 1870-1920?
25%