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6 Cards in this Set
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Old immigration
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10 million immigrants
1800-1880 Many Protestants from northwestern Europe |
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New immigration
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-1891-1910
-12 million immigrants. -60% of people living in 12 largest cities either foreign-born or had foreign-born parents. -70% from southern or eaastern Europe. |
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Bosses
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Powerful political party leaders. Headed big-city political machines: party organizations that used patronage, or appointments to government jobs, to control elections.
-Welcomed immigrants at dockside or at railroad stations, ready to offer assistance in return for their votes. |
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Nativists
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Native born americans
-saw immigration as a threat (culturally and economically) -Blamed immigrants for society's ills -based on prejudice and fear |
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"Ghettos"
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-Originally destination towns for Jews during the Roman Empire.
-Forced areas for African Americans as a result of segregation laws. |
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Chinese Exclusion Act
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1882
-Nativist Response to chinese immigrants -Denied citizenship to people born in China and prohibited the immigration of Chinese laborers. |
