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100
The mode of transportation taken by many Italians to reach the United States in the late 19th century. (Name the part of the ship also)
What is by boat and specifically the steerage
100
The part of New York occupied largely by Jewish immigrants
What is the Lower Eastside
100
In 1900, only 1 in 20 Chinese on the United States mainland was __________ (male or female).
What is female. Why is this?
100
The two modes of transportation that Mexican immigrants used to get to the United States
What is by train and by foot
100
"The Ellis Island of the West"
Angel Island
200
Italian immigrants coming to the United States in the late 19th century were (skilled or unskilled) laborers
What is unskilled. What kind of jobs did they have?
200
Jewish immigrants were often (skilled or unskilled) workers?
What is skilled. What kinds of jobs did many of them have?
200
The reason Chinese immigrants came to the United States at the end of the 19th century (2 possible answers)
What is to mine for gold and build railroads (to work for money)
200
Why many people fled Mexico
What is to escape the poverty caused largely by Porfirio Diaz and the instability caused by the Mexican Revolution
200
The person whose words are inscribed on the statue of liberty
What is Emma Lazarus
300
Italian immigrants lived in this type of building when they came to the United States
What is tenement building
300
Whose assassination was blamed on the Jews in 1881?
What is Czar Alexander II
300
This happened to a large portion of immigrants who tried to enter the United States through Angel Island
What is they were detained
300
The large cities where Mexican immigrants made their home at the beginning of the 20th century (city and states)
What is San Antonio, Texas, and Los Angeles, California
300
A government document that allows people from other nations to enter the country for a limited period of time
What is visas
400
Italian immigrants valued __________ above all else. This sometimes deterred families from pursuing an education for their children.
What is family. Explain what stereotype has developed because of this fact.
400
The term for organized and often violent persecutions of minority groups.
What is pogrom
400
The year in which the Chinese Exclusion Act was passed
What is 1882
400
The name of the dictator who controlled Mexico for 35 years (First and Last name)
What is Porfirio Diaz
400
The year that the quota system was established in the United States
What is 1921
500
The reason many Italians moved to the United States at the end of the 19th century.
What is not enough land in Italy and a desire for making money to support their families
500
How were Jewish Immigrants treated when they came to the United States
What is they were often discriminated against.
500
What event happened which allowed many Chinese immigrants to bring their "paper relatives" to the United States.
What is earthquake and fire in San Francisco
500
Mexican immigrants primarily took ____________ jobs when they came to the United States.
What is agricultural
500
The president who made Ellis Island an immigration station
Who is Benjamin Harrison