Immigration Vocab
A. Someone who leaves America to go back to their home country
B. Someone who leaves their home country to come to America
C. Someone who stays in America all their life
B. Someone who leaves their home country to come to America
What is an Ethnic Enclave?
A. A space where people gathered
B. a neighborhood where people shared a common language and culture
C. Apartment buildings where people lived
B. a neighborhood where people shared a common language and culture
What is a Robber Baron?
A. A negative word used to describe an unfair person who creates a monopoly
B. A positive word used describe a person who creates a monopoly
C. A person who owns a monopoly
A. A negative word used to describe an unfair person who creates a monopoly
Provide one reason as to why tenement buildings had issues.
Possible answers...
-Overcrowded
-Bad hygiene
-Increased illness
Write two examples of a PUSH FACTOR.
Examples include...
WAR
FAMINE/LOW FOOD SUPPLY
RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION
A. A problem that causes immigrants to leave their home country
B. A problem that causes immigrants to stay in their home country
C. A opportunity that causes someone to go to America and leave their home country
A. A problem that causes immigrants to leave their home country
What is a Tenement?
A. A space of shared culture and language
B. Space for immigrants to come together
C. A crowded apartment building
C. A crowded apartment building
What is a Captain of Industry?
A. A negative word used to describe an unfair person who creates a monopoly
B. A positive word used describe a person who creates a monopoly
C. A person who owns a monopoly
B. A positive word used describe a person who creates a monopoly
Give me an example of an ethnic enclave.
Possible answers...
-Little Italy
-China Town
Write two examples of a PULL FACTOR.
Examples include...
JOBS
EDUCATION
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
What is a PULL Factor?
A. A problem that causes immigrants to leave their home country
B. A problem that causes immigrants to stay in their home country
C. A opportunity that causes someone to go to America and leave their home country
C. A opportunity that causes someone to go to America and leave their home country
What is urbanization?
A. When people move from the city to city to search for better jobs
B. When people move from the country side to the city in search of jobs
C. When people get a job in the city
B. When people move from the country side to the city in search of jobs
Write the definition: What is a monopoly?
When a person owns a single company/group and has complete control over that product
Write an answer to support this claim:
America was mostly a "Golden Door" because...
Because it created jobs and new opportunities for immigrants.
Where was Ellis Island located?
New York City, NY
A. Northern & Western Europe
B. China
C. Germany
A. Northern & Western Europe
What is Nativism?
A. When Americans believed that people born in America are superior than immigrants who moved there
B. When Americans believed that people born in other countries were superior than Americas who were born there
A. When Americans believed that people born in America are superior than immigrants who moved there.
Provide me with 2 people who formed a monopoly and tell me what company they owned.
Possible answers...
1. John D. Rockefeller--Standard Oil
2. Andrew Carnegie--Carnegie Steel
Write an answer to support this claim:
America was NOT a "Golden Door" because...
Because it created dangerous jobs for immigrants and increased Nativism.
Where was Angel Island located?
San Francisco, CA
"New immigrants" came from where?
A. Southern & Eastern Europe
B. Japan
C. Italy
A. Southern & Eastern Europe
Write the definition: What is Industrialization?
The process in which American society changed from a farming-based economy to one powered by industry.
What was one MAJOR difference between Ellis Island and Angel Island?
Ellis Island processed immigrants in a few hours/days; Angel Island processed immigrants for weeks/months.
Time frame for processing was different!