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17 Cards in this Set
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Where were old immigrants from?
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Britain, Ireland, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, and Norway
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Where were new immigrants from?
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South and Eastern Europe, Greece, Russia, Hungary, Italy, Turkey, Poland
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Irish:
old or new? Where & why there? Why did they come here? |
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cities like NYC and boston bc wanted to be with other irish and farms didn't work out in the past Famine and economy troubles, somewhat religiously oppressed |
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Russian Jews:
old or new? Where & why there? Why did they come here? |
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NYC and boston bc wanted to be with other russian jews religious oppression from Soviet Union, came looking for better opportunities |
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Italians:
old or new? Where & why there? Why did they come here? |
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NYC bc they wanted to mix with other immigrant groups wanted abetter life and land was cheaper here |
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Germans:
old or new? Where & why there? Why did they come here? |
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Mid Western; farms or formed their own communities economy wasn't good, many farms were failing. Political and religious oppression wasn't uncommon |
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Old Immigrant Adjustment Problems?
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-many didn't speak english or did with an accent so they took lessons
-prejudice and nativism caused them to keep to their own groups -different religions made them need to not practice or practice less openly |
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New Immigrant Problems?
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-many didn't speak english or did with an accent so they took lessons
-prejudice and nativism caused them to keep to their own groups -different religions made them need to not practice or practice less openly - harder to get in because of intelligence tests so they had to be clever and smart |
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Why did dome native born Americans support immigration restrictions?(4)
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thought:
-immigrants were stealing jobs -they were causing a jump in crime -they weren't being americanized -they were dumb |
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What was the Immigration Law of 1882?
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-ex-cons, idiots, lunatics, and chinese are excluded-> bc they think they cannot contribute to society
-added a tax to immigration -created bc the fed gov't wanted to establish authority over immigration |
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What was the Quota act of 1921?
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-restricted flow of immigrants from east o=and south Europe
-lets 3% of each nationality groups representation in the 1910 census into the country -annual immigration ceiling is 350,000 |
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What was the 1924 immigration restriction legislation?
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National Origins Act
-Japanese are banned - Europeans are restricted - sponsered a program to recruit Mexican workers to work for US businesses -quota: 2% of each groups representation in the 1890 census |
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Arguments for the 1924 legislation?(4)
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-higher % of immigrants are criminals or lunatics
-intelligence tests show high levels of inferior intelligence -immigrants aren't being americanized -starting to form their own communities |
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Arguments against the 1924 legislation?(4)
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- USA shouldn't be about discrimination
-Going back to the 1890 census discriminates against east and southern Europeans -Immigrants served well in WW1 and now have good lives -we didn't like dirty irish or beery germans before, but now we get along fine |
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What was immigration to the US like after 1924?
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- more russians, eastern europeans, chinese, and cubans come to the US because of a rise in communism
-many more mexican immigrants because borders are more open to them -Nazi Germany causes germans to flee from the genocide -wars in SE Asia make refugees come to the US |
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What was the 1965 Immigration and Nationalities Act?
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-quota: 120,000 western hemisphere & 170,000 in the eastern hemisphere. no more than 20,000 from each country
- number of immigrants from Asia, Middle East & Latin America - political refugees don't follow this system (dont count towards quota) |
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What was Amnesty?
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-granted legal status to aliens after a certain amount of time so long as they could prove they had been living in the US for a certain amount of time
-guest worker program is created -investing in mexico to abolish poverty bc it drives aliens to the US |
