Why did the chinese immigrate to America?
California Gold Rush/Economic Opportunity
Guided Notes: Later on during the 1850s, the awakening of the famous California Gold Rush had spiked interest from Chinese immigrants to move to America.
Who conquered Germany?
Napoleon Dynamite
What percentage of American immigrants were Irish?
42%
Guided Notes: Around 42% of all American immigrants during this time period were Irish.
What percentage of English immigrants make up of all immigrants?
17%
Guided Notes: This had caused English immigrants to make up around 17% of all immigrants during this time period.
What were the three main countries immigrants came from (In alphabetical order)
England Germany Ireland
Guided Notes: The main three countries that immigrants during this time period came from were England, Germany, and Ireland
What did the American Government do that made the Chinese see economic opportunities?
Encouraged movement out West
Guided Notes: the American government encouraged movement out West with promotion of the California Gold Rush.
Who divided Germany into many states?
Congress of Vienna
Guided Notes: the Congress Of Vienna dividing Germany into 39 states
What was the Great Potato Famine
Parasites sweeping over Ireland affecting growth of potatoes, leaving many Irish to starve
Guided Notes: Multiple parasites had wiped across Ireland causing Potatoes to either not grow or be severely malnourished.
What were the English suffering from during this time period?
Their working class due to their own industrial revolution
In total, how many immigrants came to America during this time period?
Around 4.9 million
Guided Notes: A total of around 4.9 Million immigrants arrived between 1820 and 1860, leading to a massive demographic, political, and labor climate in America.
What time period did Americans have a small percentage of Chinese Origin
1840s-1850s
Guided Notes: immigrants from 1840-1860 having Chinese origin.
How many states did the Congress of Vienna divide Germany into?
39!!!
Guided Notes: Congress Of Vienna dividing Germany into 39 states
How many Irish starved because of the Great Potato Famine?
An estimated total of 1 million people
Guided Notes: This caused over 1 million Irish to starve
True or False:
English immigration during this time was come
True:
English migration towards America had always been a normal and routine subject, since most American citizens had English ancestry anyways.
There were three main countries immigrants came from during this time period. Germany, England, and France. During the 1820s-1830s, what percentage did these countries make up of all immigrants?
88% of all immigrants
Guided Notes: During the 1820s-1830s, these three countries had made up 88% of all immigrants.
What percentage of Americans had Chinese origin
10%
Fill in the Blank:
Germany was in ____ and ______ turmoil.
Financial
Political
Guided Notes: Germany was in financial and political turmoil.
There was social unrest between which two groups?
English Protestants and Irish Catholics
Fill in the Blank:
Most Americans had English _____ anyways.
Ancestry
Guided Notes: Most American citizens had English ancestry anyways.
When did the Chinese begin to immigrate to America?
1850s
Guided Notes: This is mostly due to a large influx of Chinese immigrants during the 1850s.
What did the Chinese not have to do to get to California?
Trek
Guided Notes: they didn’t have to trek across a continent to get to California
Probably the easiest question
What percentage of immigrants did the germans make up?
27%
Guided Notes: This lead to Germans making up 27% of immigrants during this time period.
What were the Irish suffering from during this time period?
Occupation and semi-colonization from England
Guided Notes: Ireland during this time period was suffering occupation and semi-colonisation from England.
Fill in the Blanks:
Before the Industrial Revolution, ________ in America had not really existed except ______ amounts from England
Immigration
Small
Guided Notes: Before the Industrial Revolution, immigration in America had not really existed except small amounts from England.
What time period is this presentation focused on
A). 1802- 1805
B). 1820s-1850s
C). 1820s-1860s
D). 182-186
C.
Guided Notes: The Title!!!!