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17 Cards in this Set
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Why did many immigrant move to the United States?
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In search of new homes and better lives.
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What happen at the turn of the twentieth century.
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A new wave of immigration to the United States was well underway.
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What happen between 1880 and 1910?
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millions of immigrants came to America, mostly from southern and eastern Europe.
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What was built in American cities?
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tight-knit communities that reflected to the community they had left in Europe.
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What kind of immigrants lived in New York City's Mulberry Street?
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Italian immigrants.
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What was common at the turn of the century?
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For families from the same town in Italy to move to the same street in an American City.
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What did the new Italian American communities maintain?
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Many of the same cultural traditions they had back home in Italy.
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What help immigrant groups get through difficult conditions.
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Families joined together to help one another.
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what is part of New York City's Little Italy neighborhood today?
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Mulberry Street
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What has the United States been called?
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A nation of immigrants.
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What group of people had not come from somewhere else?
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Native Americans.
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Where were "old immigrants" from?
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Mainly northern and western Europe.
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Why did Chinese immigrants arrive?
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For the Gold Rush or to work on the railroads.
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Where did most immigrants comce from?
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Places in southern and eastern Europe, including Greece, Italy, Poland, and Russia.
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What happen because of small immigration laws?
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Smaller numbers came from East Asia.
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What did the "new immigrants" do to America?
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They made it more diverse in ethnicity and religion.
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What type of people were "new immigrants"?
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Roman Catholics, Greek Orthodox, Russian Orthodox, and Jewish faiths.
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