What was one of the main reasons immigrants came to the United States from 1880 to 1920?
Poverty, hunger, lack of jobs
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When Chinese immigrants arrived in America, where were they taken?
Angel Island
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_____________ is an unfair negative opinion about a group of people.
Prejudice, Racism, discrimination
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What was a major cause of the problems that occurred in urban areas?
Overcrowding
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Vaudeville is?
a variety show that included comedians and song and dance routines
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What immigrants left their country in order escape religious mistreatment?
Jews
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When the European immigrants arrived in New York harbor, what did they rush to see?
The Statue of Liberty
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How did immigrants help bring diversity to the United States?
They brought with them different cultures or beliefs
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Because housing was limited in the cities, many immigrants had to live in what?
Tenements
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Why were sports, like James Naismith's basketball so popular in the cities?
It gave immigrants a chance to fit in and hang out with each other.
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What was the cause of the “Irish Potato Famine” in Ireland?
Disease began destroying the crops
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Poor immigrants could only afford a ______________ class boat ticket to America.
steerage (lower deck)
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Four examples of life for immigrants in the city
unsanitary conditions, tenement homes, poor jobs, no education etc.
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During the late 1800’s and early 1900’s the United States went from a(n) _________________ nation to a(n) __________________ nation
rural nation (farming) to an industrial/urban nation
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Who was the first immigrants to be shut out of the New World?
Who is the Chinese
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What opportunities did immigrants hope to find in the United States?
economic opportunity, freedom, adventure
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an immigrant who came to the United States for new and better opportunities was affected by
What is a pull factor
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By the early 1900s, more than half the number of the people in most big American ___________ were immigrants or children of immigrants.
What is a city
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As citis became more crowded, architects and planners designed what to make more room
skyscrapers
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Why did children of immigrants go against their culture in the cities?
What is they wanted to assimilate with American children
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What was the reason for immigrants in Eastern cities to gather in ethnic neighborhoods?
they felt more comfortable with each other
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What was the process at Ellis Island?
Medical exams, money exchange, questions about who they are and where they will go
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what is an ethnic group?
group of people who share a common culture, nationality
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Four examples of ways people fixed up the cities.
new ways of transportation, Jacob Riis and his book about tenements, creation of Central park, skyscrapers, department stores, hull house, YMCA, Salvation ARmy
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Why did most immigrants move to cities instead of farms?
What is a learn English there or look for job opportunities