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15 Cards in this Set
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What is a quota?
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a way to control immigration by limiting the number of immigrants from one country in a year
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What is a visa?
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permission to enter a new country given before arriving at the new country
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Where is the Statue of Liberty?
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in New York harbor near Ellis Island
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What is discrimination?
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treating people in a different way because of prejudice
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In what country did the Potato Blight occur?
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Ireland
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What were two sources of information that pulled immigrants toward America?
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books and newspapers
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What countries were part of the Old Immigration?
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Great Britain, Ireland, Germany, France, Scandanavia
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What were the ships called that the early immigrants traveled on?
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They traveled on freighters
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What is the term for dilapidated apartments in which many immigrants lived?
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tenements
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What caused immigration to slow down in the mid-1860s?
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Civil War
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Where did New Immigration come from?
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southern and eastern Europe
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What is the term for anti-Jewish riots in Russia that caused Jews to flee to America?
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Pograms
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What did North America offer to immigrants?
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farmland and temperate climate
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Those who came during the New Immigration wanted to work in _________ and live in ______.
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factories, cities
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Those who came during the Old Immigration wanted to work on ______ and live in _______
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farms, open land (rural areas)
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