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The reason Germans decided to come to America?
What is the unsuccessful German revolution in 1845.
100
What started in 1848 that was a significant reason Japanese people were immigrating to America?
What is California Gold Rush.
100
What was the document that excluded the Chinese people from America?
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act.
100
What led Irish people out of America in 1845?
What is now known as the Great Potato Rot.
100
What two reasons caused Scottish people to come to America during 1800's?
What is poverty and if you were a criminal.
200
How many Germans immigrated to America in 1800's?
What is 1 million.
200
What was the first job for new Japanese-Americans?
What is contract workers on farms on the West Coast including Hawaii.
200
How many Chinese people came to America in 1870?
What is 107,000.
200
How many Irish immigrants come to America after the 1860's to 1880's?
What is 6 million.
200
Who looked down on the Scottish people when they came to America?
What is the English, Dutch and Germans.
300
How many German people lived the state of New York during this time?
What is 100,000.
300
In 1907 the American Government came to a ________ with Japan?
What is "gentleman's agreement."
300
How many Chinese people lived in America in 1860?
What is 65,000.
300
All Irish newspapers had either a _______ or a religious base?
What is naturalistic.
300
How did the Scots make a living in the United States?
What is farmers, soldiers, blacksmiths, cattle-ranchers, lumber men, factory workers.
400
What religious view did most German people have at the time?
What is protestant.
400
During _____ more than 100,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry were placed in internment camps?
What is World War II.
400
What document facilitated Chinese immigration?
What is Burlingame Treaty.
400
Religious prejudice at the time was mainly against which two religions?
What is Protestant and Catholic.
400
What were the roles of different family members?
What is the husband was generally the main provider, the wife the home-maker, mother, nurse, and the children usually did their share to help the family out, whether it was in farming, or working in the factories, or the streets as laborers.
500
What forced many Germans from out of their respective family businesses?
What is Modernization and population growth.
500
What did Japanese, Chinese and Filipino immigrants all face?
What is race prejudice and lower pay wages.
500
Name of the railroad most Chinese immigrants worked on?
What is transcontinental railroad.
500
How many Irish People moved to America from 1820-1880?
What is 3.5 Million.
500
What traditions did they bring to the US?
What is they brought their language and they brought their music, especially fiddle-music, which became what we know today as American "bluegrass" music.