Ellis Island
"Land of milk and honey"
"Streets are paved with gold"
What are pull factors
The name of the first site in the Gold Rush
What is the Gold Mountain
What pushed the Danes to come to Iowa and leave their country
Religion and War
Two ways to become a citizen
Be born in the US or do the naturalization process
Variety of services for the poor or immigrants
What are Settlement houses
What had a larger number of people come to the US in groups, Chinese or Europeans?
The Europeans had more people come to America.
What year did the danes come to Iowa
1870s
Pay taxes and obey tthe laws
Fearing that immigration posed a threat to American values
What is Americanization
What was the nickname of Angel Island
Ellis Island of the West
What Czech composer lived in New York City, then spent a night in Springville
Antonin Bvovak
Three benefits you get as a citizen
Able to vote, can't be deported, and government benefits
The policy of favoring the interest of Native-Americans
What is Nativism
How many immigrants were stationed there between 1910-1940
Half a million immigrants
What year did the Danes, Czechs, and Lebanese come to Iowa
1870s, 1893, and 1895
Things you should do as a citizen
Contribute to common goods, and speak up and vote
Run-down, slum housing
What are tenements
What did you have to do to be allowed in, and if you failed at any point, what happened to you
You had to take a physical exam and a legal interview, and if you failed either, you were put in wooden barracks
Where did the Lebanese move to in Iowa the most
How much did the percentage of Americans living in the city increase from the years 1870-1920
25%