New Immigrants Come to America
The Immigrant Experience
Opportunities and Challenges in America
100
Describe a push and a pull factor
Push- something that makes one leave a country Pull- Something that draws one into a new country
100
When did immigrants move to Ellis Island
1892
100
What did the term melting pot mean?
White people of all different nationalities blended to create a single culture
200
What is a chain immigrant
Someone who hears about immigrating to a country through a relative or friend.
200
How many immigrants were denied, when being sent to Ellis Island?
20%
200
What is nativism and what fueled resentment between the "natives" and the immigrants
Nativism- a belief that native born white Americans were superior to new comers. Competition for jobs and housing
300
What kind of condition did immigrants usually travel in
Steerage, the worst accommodation on the ship
300
Name three requirements immigrants had to have in order can go to the New World
Some type of skill, a sponsor, and money on them
300
What did the Chinese Exclusion Act do?
Prohibited immigration by Chinese laborers, limited the civil rights of Chinese immigrants already in the U.S, and forbade the naturalization of Chinese Residents.
400
What was the main goal of the 1862 Homestead Act
Encourage western migration to America
400
How could the Chinese stay on Angel Island.
They could stay if they could prove they were actual American citizens.
400
What were ghettoes? Who would you share them with? Give one example of what type of things inside the ghettoes provided familiarity.
Ethnic neighborhoods People who shared native tongue, religion, and culture. Specialty shops, grocers, and clothing stores
500
Immigrants from what countries/location were first called "new" immigrants?
Irish and German/ southern and Eastern Europe.
500
If you were a second class passenger, would you be inspected on the ship or after you departed
Inspected on the ship unless you showed clear signs of illness.
500
Give two specific examples of how immigrants changed America
Mexican Americans in the Southwest developed effective ranching techniques Chinese, Irish, and Mexican immigrants labored in coal mines, steel mills, textile mills, and factories. Immigrant women worked in factories as seamstresses, laundresses, and making pieceworks. Some became domestic servants ie. maid, butler
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