Pre-1780
Many settlers in the American colonies came from this European country.
What is England?
Two of the primary European nations that immigrants left for America between 1780 and 1820.
What are France and England (Ireland, Scotland, or Germany)?
Bounded by Cincinnati, Milwaukee, and St. Louis, this geometric midwestern region was heavily settled by German arrivals.
What is the German Triangle?
This helped attract immigrants to the United States during industrialization.
What is the expansion of the U.S. economy?
These four countries were major sources of immigrants to the United States between 1860 and 1880.
What are Ireland, Germany, Scandinavia, and China.
Europeans came to American colonies for these opportunities, including jobs, land, and religious freedom.
What are economic and religious opportunities?
Two major pull factors that drew immigrants to the U.S. after the Revolutionary War.
What is Economic opportunities and Land ownership (Religious Freedom or Escaping political unrest)?
This devastating 1845–1852 event caused by a potato blight served as the primary driver for over a million Irish immigrants fleeing to America.
What was the Great Famine?
Immigrants were often paid this type of wage for their labor in factories.
What are low/cheap wages?
As a Dutch trading settlement, New Amsterdam helped this future American city become a diverse center of trade and immigration.
What is New York City?
This European country established New Amsterdam in 1624.
What is the Netherlands?
The official ending year of the Revolutionary War, marking the start of a new wave of American Immigration
What is 1783?
Emerging from a secret society, the anti-immigrant American Party was better known by this secretive nickname.
Who were the Know-Nothings?
Immigrants reshaped their communities in these three ways.
What are culture, food, and community traditions
Immigrants arriving between 1780-1820 frequently endured this challenge before even arriving, followed by limiting jobs.
People moved to New Amsterdam to participate un these activities and find better jobs.
What are trade and economic opportunities?
The 1790 legislative act established the first rules for U.S. citizenship, requiring just two years if residency.
What is the Naturalization Act of 1790?
Native-born Protestants feared Catholic immigrants owed their ultimate allegiance to this religious leader rather than the U.S. government.
Who is the pope?
The Transcontinental Railroad connected Omaha, Nebraska, to this city in California.
What is Sacramento?
By 1850, the massive influx of European arrivals pushed the foreign-born population above this specific percentage, triggering intense nativist fears over Protestant political dominance.
What is 13% or above 13%?
New Amsterdam was known for bringing together people from different countries, religions, and cultural backgrounds, making it an early example of this.
What is diversity?
Under the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798, the residency for U.S. citizenship skyrocketed from 5 years to this many.
What is 14 years?
Before merging into the American Party, the Know-Nothings originally formed from a secret society known by this patriotic name.
What was the Order of the Star-Spangled Banner?
This patterns describes how factories created jobs, attracted immigrant neighborhoods, encouraged new businesses, and helped cities grow.
What is urban growth driven by industrialization and immigration?