Acts and Laws
What is the chinese exclusion act?
A U.S. federal law to restrict immigration, banning Chinese laborers for 10 years due to anti-Chinese sentiment and economic fears, preventing them from becoming citizens
What was a the countries that people immigrated from?
Italy, Russia, Japanese, Greeks, and others!
How long was the ban caused by the Chinese Exclusion Act?
10 years
Is "Poverty" a push or pull factor?
Push
What was a common job these immigrants had?
Factories, Railroads workers, and Agriculture are all viable awnser
What is the Naturalization Act of 1870?
A federal law that expanded naturalization rights to “aliens of African nativity and to persons of African descent,” but excluded Chinese Americans and other non-white groups.
What were the first race of people to arrive in California during the California gold rush
The caucasian people (white)
What are the years that are considered wave 3 migration?
1882-1920
Was having a lack of land a push or pull factor to come to the USA?
Pull
What were the big cities immigrants chose to move to?
Big cities like New York, Boston, Chicago, and Pittsburgh.
What happened in 1943?
The chinese exclusion was redacted.
Why did the caucasian americans feel so hurt about the new immigrants going to california?
They felt as if the gold and money was being stolen from them.
What is the total number of immigrants in this wave?
25,000,000
How did these immigrants help the USA?
The immigrants helped America rapidly advance in industrialization, and throughout the whole wave.
What was the total number of new immigrants (1900-1910)?
9,000,000!
When did Italians, Jews from Russia and Poland, Greeks, and Japanese people start replacing earlier groups of immigrants?
1900-1910