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What was the difference between old immigrants and new immigrants? Give at least 3 ways.
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Old immigrants: Protestants, From Norther and Western Europe, spoke english, blended well with Americans
New Immigrants: From Eastern and Southern Europe, Catholics and Jews, did not speak english |
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After the Civil War about how many people came to America?
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1.3 million
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Why did so many people emigrate to America from their homeland? Give at least 3 reasons.
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loss of jobs, debt, poverty, overcrowding/ not enough land.
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How did immigrants travel to America? Give at least 2 ways.
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foot, horseback, through foreign countries
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Then came the long voyage to America- ___ days across the Atlantic or _____ across the Pacific.
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Then came the long voyage to America- _12_ days across the Atlantic or _several weeks__ across the Pacific
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What is steerage?
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cramped noisy quarts on the lower decks.
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What were the immigrants greeted by when arriving in America?
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the statue of liberty
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In the East, after 1892, immigrants were processed at ______ in New York Harbor.
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In the East, after 1892, immigrants were processed at _Ellis Island_ in New York Harbor.
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Most Asian immigrants arrived on the west coast & went through processing on _________ in San Francisco Bay.
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Most Asian immigrants arrived on the west coast & went through processing on _Angel island_ in San Francisco Bay.
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What did examiners at the centers ( Ellis and Angel Island) do? Give at least 3 things.
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recored the immigrants, name, homeland, occupation, and relatives. Gave immigrants health exams.
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What are sweatshops?
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1.)dark crowed work shops were workings made clothing. 2) were people worked were their was no light heat windows, poor machinery, etc.
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What did americans fear immigrants would do?
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take away their jobs, or drive down their pay by accepting lower wages.
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What is a tenement and describe.
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a building in which several families rented rooms. poor most lived in them, small, dark, crowded.
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What is definition for a settlement house.
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provided medical care,playgrounds,nurseries,libraries, and classes.
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What did new farm machinery do?
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made it possible to produce crops, using fewer workers.
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because of the limited space Architects began to do what?
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They began building upward not outward.
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The overcrowding in tenement districts created what?
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Created sanitation and health problems.
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What did poverty in cities lead to?
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Crime and gangs
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Describe and/or give a definition for "progressive education"
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wanted to shape students' character and teach them good citizenship as well as facts.
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What is the definition of realism?
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literature that shows how things really are.
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in the south, African Americans received ______ or ______________. finish the sentence
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in the south, African Americans received _little_ or _no education_.
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What did John dewey criticize schools for?
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For making students memorize information.
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by 1910 almost 40% of college students were _____. Fill in the blank
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by 1910 almost 40% of college students were _women_.
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How much money did Andrew Canegie donate to found more than 2,000 libraries around the world.
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more than $30 million
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What is the definition of vaudeville?
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variety shows that included dancing, singing,comedy, and magic acts
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Who developed jazz?
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African Americans in New Orleans.
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Who invented moving pictures a.k.a "the movies"
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Thomas Edison
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What was another name for a theater? Were they the beginning of today's film industry Yes or No ?
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nickelodeons and yes
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