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35 Cards in this Set
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Push Factors
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A problem that causes people to immigrate to another country.
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Pull Factors
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An attraction that draws immigrants to another place
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What were the major push factors that influenced immigrants to come to the US?
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Population growth, hunger, famine, religious persecution, poverty.
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What were the major pull factors that influenced immigrants to come to the US?
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Opportunity and Democratic Society.
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Where did most immigrants come from between 1840 and 1890?
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Irish, British, Germans and Scandinavians.
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Where did immigrants come from in the late 1890’s?
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Greeks, Hungarians, Poles and Russians.
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Which groups fled for religious persecution?
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Jews and Catholics
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Which groups brought their farming skills to the Midwest?
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Germans, Scandinavians and Eastern Europe.
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Which groups worked as unskilled laborers in the late 1800’s?
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Irish, Polish, Italians and Hungarians.
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Which groups replaced the Irish and Chinese working on the rail system?
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Italians, Polish and Hungarians.
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How did the American letters influence immigrant to come to America?
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It persuaded them to come to America.
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How did the advances in technology allow more people to come to the US?
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It was the Steam Engine that made traveling faster.
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Where was the Bureau of Immigration located?
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Ellis Island
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Which diseases could get an immigrant deported?
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Tarchoma
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What was the trickiest question asked in the legal interview?
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Do you have work waiting?
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If a person failed a medical test or interview were they automatically sent home?
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No
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What percent of immigrants were deported?
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2%
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Where did most immigrants settle after leaving Ellis Island? At the Settlement house.
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The major cities in the east coast.
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Why did immigrants mostly settle with other immigrants from their same country?
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So that they are comfortable with there own people and speak their own language.
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What services did the settlement house provide?
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Day Care, Health Care and Community Center.
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Who were the political bosses?
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People who are in charge of local politics.
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Which group founded by nativists wanted to limit immigration requirements?
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The immigration restriction league.
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What did this group want to make immigrants do in order to be admitted?
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Take a literacy test.
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Why did Chinese immigrants come to America?
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To make money to send home.
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Why did businesses hire Chinese workers?
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They worked for less money.
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How did Chinese immigrants avoid the Chinese Exclusion Act?
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They used false documents.
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What other groups emigrated from ASIA?
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Japanese, Koreans and Taiwan.
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What was the “gateway of the west”?
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Angel Island
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Where did most Asian immigrants settle?
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Washington, Oregon, California and Hawaii.
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What was the “Gentlemen’s Agreement”?
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An agreement between United States and Japan.
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Where did immigrants come from in the 1920’s?
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Mexico and Canada
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Why did many Canadians emigrate to American after the Civil War?
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For a better opportunity.
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How has immigration changed?
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Immigrants come from all over, Need a Passport and emigrate all over the country.
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What were the 3 great waves?
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First is 1820 to around 1870, second is 1880 to 1920 and the third great wave began in 1965 and continues today.
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What were key events that affect immigration?
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Irish Potato Famine, Chinese Exclusion Act, World War 1, National Origins Act, World War 2 and Immigration Act.
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