Ellis Island
What difficulties push people from Europe?
Population growth, hunger, or scarcity of land
Push factors discrimination
Examples of push factors include war, political instability, famine, and drought.
What year/time did the Latinos arrive?
1910-1920's
How can you go to the United Stated for a permanent amount of time?
Get a visa.
What opportunities pulled Europeans to the United States?
Ides of life in a free and democratic society, natural resources, and jobs.
Pull factors discrimination
better job prospects, higher wages, and improved living conditions, along with family reunification and the potential for a better quality of life.
What year/time did the Germans arrive?
1970's
What does a good citizen do?
Obey all laws, be respectful, and pay taxes.
What improvements in transportation make immigration easier?
Technology advances over sailing ships, takes a lot less time to get places, instead of 3 months now its 2 weeks.
What does "Shutting the Doors on the Chinese" mean?
This act provided an absolute 10-year ban on Chinese laborers immigrating to the United States.
What is unique about the Germans?
They prohibited anyone from speaking in a foreign language.
What is citizenship?
What was life like in the cities?
The population changed a lot over time, and new immigrants live where more cheaper houses are found.
What were push/pull factors from the Americanization/assimilation?
Push factors are conditions in a person's home country that drive them to leave, while pull factors are circumstances in a new country that attract them to immigrate. Push factors might include conflict, economic hardship, or lack of opportunity, while pull factors might include better economic prospects, freedom, or family ties in the new location.
What was unique about the Germans in WW1?
They required people only speak in english.
Go through the naturalization process and get a green card.
How were medical inspections at Ellis Island?
Began right after entering the building, checked for a variety of health problems, disabled individuals or who have incurable illness would be deported.😘
How were the Chinese immigrants?
Most immigrants were men, primarily driven by economic hardship in their homeland and the promise of wealth through gold mining.
What was unique about the Latinos?
They come from MANY different places.
Be born here, have parents born here, have a job here, marry someone from here, get a green card