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Chinese immigrants often accepted low _______ _______ which undermined our economy.
What is paying jobs.
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The majority of new immigrants came from
southern and eastern Europe
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The immigration processing station on the West Coast was called
Angel Island
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Where is Ms. W from?
Utica, NY
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Immigrants settled in ______.
What are cities
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What is the melting pot theory?
Cultures blend into one American identity.
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What was the Gentleman's Agreement?
Law to limit Japanese immigration
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Immigrants often found jobs in...
factories
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What was the Chinese Exclusion Act?
Prevented Chinese from entering the U.S.
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What type of religious persecution did the Jews face in Russia in the early 1880s? There is a specific name...
Pogroms
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What is ethnocentrism?
Judging another culture solely by the values and standards of one's own culture.
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Old immigrants thought that...
they were superior
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The process by which a person or a group's language and, or culture come to resemble those of another group.
What is assimilation.
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The immigration processing station in New York Harbor is...
Ellis Island
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Between 1840 and 1920 ______________ immigrants came to the U.S.
23/24 million
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In the U.S. new immigrants often lived in ________ areas.
What is urban.
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Nativism is
anti-immigration feeling
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What year did the U.S. see an influx of Jews from Russia?
early 1880s
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Immigrants settled in cities because they could easily find ______.
Jobs
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Cultural Pluralism refers to...
Immigrants retaining their cultural identities within American society.