Urbanization
Urbanization is the growth of ______________.
cities
Name 2 pull factors or reasons why someone would want to go to a new country.
access to services, better jobs, education, better salaries, improved living conditions, better way of life, freedom to practice their religion, medical care, better transport links
Angel Island was located in the state of _______________.
California
The Industrial Revolution took place in the early _______________. Many people began working in factories and businesses were on the rise.
1900's
The _______ Era was a time period to improve life in America.
Progressive
A rural place usually has a small population in the countryside with lots of ____________.
farms
Name 3 push factors or reasons why someone would have to leave their country.
war, poverty, no jobs, discrimination, few services, unhappy life, natural disasters, shortage of food, poor transport links
When Chinese immigrants came to Angel Island, they were held in __________ for weeks or months, waiting for medical check-ups and official approval to enter the country.
detention centers
Businesses mainly used children in factories for work to _________. In addition, they knew they would not ask for better working conditions and could fit in small spaces.
save money
During the Progressive Era, _______ exposed problems in society to bring attention to them and create change. They were journalists who showed corruption in the government and politics.
muckrakers
In the early 1900s, many Americans _________ (verb) from rural areas to urban areas (highly populated places).
migrated
When Irish immigrants came to America, many of them were starving and poor. They left Ireland because of the Great Potato Famine (couldn't eat them anymore). However, many people in America discriminated against Irish immigrants because they were ____________.
Catholic, stereotype of being poor
What law was passed in 1862 that banned Chinese immigrants entry into America?
Chinese Exclusion Act
Name 2 ways that working in factories was harmful for children.
dirty, unsanitary working conditions, long hours, little pay, didn't go to school, could get injured, not trained on the machines, locked in rooms, became sick from dangerous chemicals they worked around
Upton Sinclair was a muckraker who wrote the book, "The Jungle". He exposed the unsanitary (dirty) conditions in the Chicago __________.
meatpacking factories, industries
The city saw rapid urbanization, which led to _________ being built because of more people living and working in them.
factories, tenements, houses, public transportation
When German immigrants came to New York, they became famous for their bakeries and cabinets and had an overall good experience. Name 1 reason why they left Germany to come to America (push factor).
farmers who had lost their land, lost their jobs, didn't like the government
In the 1850s, Chinese immigrants worked in the mines and helped build the ____________.
railroads
You have to be at least a certain age or older to officially work in the United States.
Jacob Riis was a muckraker who took photographs of the poor living conditions in __________ and of children struggling. He wrote the book, "How the Other Half Lives.
tenements
Factories were being built in the cities because human society now had better _____________.
technology, technological advancements
___________ immigrants came to Angel Island on the West coast and Eastern European immigrants came to __________ Island on the East coast.
Asian, Elis
What does the term assimilation mean? How is this different from cultural preservation?
Assimilation is when you give up your culture and traditions to fit in with a new group. Cultural preservation is continuing to practice cultural traditions from the past for the future.
better working conditions/employment conditions and terms
Lewis Hine was a muckraker who took photographs of ________ to show the negative side of the Industrial Revolution.
child labor, poor working conditions for child workers, factory life for child workers