The process of leaving ones home country to live in another country
What is immigration
100
Bad Government
What is push factor
100
Germany, Connecticut, Iraq
What is Germany
100
1882 act that prevented one group of immigrants from entering this country
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act
100
The main immigrant processing station in NYC in the late 1800's and early 1900's.
What is Ellis Island?
200
a reason that is causing you to leave your country
What is push factor
200
War
What is push factor
200
Iran, Ireland, Indonesia
What is Ireland
200
Disliking someone based on their race or culture
What is racism
200
How long did the typical immigrant ship take to arrive in America
What is 6-12 weeks
300
The process of becoming more like a city. When populations of people grow, the population of a place may spill over from city to nearby areas.
What is urbanization?
300
famine
What is push factor
300
Egypt, Ethiopia, England
What is England
300
This was built using donations advertised in a New York newspaper because the city lacked the money to construct it.
What is the Statue of Liberty?
300
The main processing station on the west coast of the U.S. Many Asian immigrants, especially from China, were detained here.
What is Angel Island?
400
The large-scale introduction of manufacturing, advanced technical enterprises, and other productive economic activity into an area, society, country, etc.
What is industrialization?
400
Hope of better jobs
What is pull factor
400
Belgium, Bosnia, Belarus
What is Belgium
400
This invention allowed steel to be made faster and cheaper.
What is the Bessemer Process?
400
Main reason why businesses were more willing to hire immigrants to work
What is work for lower pay
500
A period of major industrialization that took place during the late 1700s and early 1800s.
What was the Industrial Revolution?
500
Better living conditions
What is pull factor
500
China, Chad, Chile
What is China
500
The inexperienced workers who built skyscrapers were nicknamed ______ because working along side them could get experienced workers killed.
What is a "snake"?
500
Chinese immigrant helped build the railroads. They were tasked with using ____________ to blast holes through mountains and terrain.