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14 Cards in this Set
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push factor |
a condition that drives people from their homes |
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pull factor |
a condition that attracts immigrants to a new area |
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assimilation |
the process of becoming part of another culture |
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push factors: |
lack of land political and religious persecution poverty and hardship revolution |
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pull factors: |
promise of freedom and a better life factory jobs available chance to join family or friends already settled in the United Stated |
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pogrom |
in eastern Europe an organized attack on Jewish community |
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steerage |
on a ship the cramped quarter for passengers paying the lowest fares |
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statue of liberty |
a large statue symbol of freedom man liberty island in new York harbor |
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acculturation |
process of holding on to older traditions while adapting to new culture |
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nativists |
belief opposed to immigration |
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where the immigrants came from 1885 before and after |
before:northern and western Europe after:eastern and southern Europe |
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Chinese Exclusion |
1882 law that barred Chinese labors from entering the US |
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what problems immigrants had coming to the US? |
they had to find jobs and places to live the neighbor hoods were crowed |
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why did the navist have such anti feeling? |
They feared immigrants bc they were different and were scared immigrants wear going to take their jobs |
