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14 Cards in this Set
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Europe |
From which continent did most immigrants come in the late 1800's and early 1900's? |
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Jobs, political freedom, and religious freedom |
What did they hope to find in the U.S.? |
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They wanted to see statue of liberty |
What sight greeted immigrants sailing into New York Harbor? (complete sentence) |
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Immigration station |
A place immigrants had to go before getting permission to enter country |
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Ellis Island |
Where was the immigration station in New York Harbor? |
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They get checked by a doctor for diseases. They ask questions like, where they are from, what kind of work they did, and where they planned to live. |
What steps did immigrants have to take in an immigration station? |
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Angel Island |
Where was the immigration station on west coast? |
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Chinese |
Which Immigrants often spent weeks or even months on Angel Island until they could prove that they had family members already livng in the U.S.? |
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They had to get checked by a doc and answer questions |
After arriving in N.Y., what two things did an immigrant have to do? |
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Prejudice |
What did many immigrants face? (an unfair negative opinion about a group of people) |
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School |
After 12 hours of work, many immigrants attended____________________ at night realizing that an education was key to a better life |
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1880's through 1920's |
During what years did more immigrants arrive in the U.S. that at an other time in U.S. history?____________ through _______________ |
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THE PERIOD OF LARGELY UNREGULATED IMMIGRATION CAE TO AN END |
What happened to immigration in 1924? |
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It has a variety of people that came from lots of different places |
The U.S. has a diverse population. This means _______________________________ |
