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16 Cards in this Set
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Why did immigrants come to the USA? |
New life; escape religious persecution
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Who were the Old Immigrants? |
Came before 1890; Irish, Germans, Spanish, North and West Europe |
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What was the impact of Chinese immigration? |
Domestic and hospitality business; came for gold rush; work on RR and in mines; domestic servants |
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What was the Newlands Act? |
When Government gave $$$ tp NM and AZ to build irrigation systems; irrigated SW land to grow crops; led to Mexican immigration
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What did immigrants face at Ellis Island? |
Had to pass inspection: Physical, literacy, looked for sickness
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What did immigrants face once in America? |
Racism, religious intolerance, nativists, confusion, fear, segregation, living in ghettos |
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Why did the native-born fear immigrants? |
viewed immigrants as a threat because of culture and differences |
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What was the Melting Pot? |
The mix of cultures and identity in America |
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What was Nativism? |
Americans favored native born over new immigrants |
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Who were the New Immigrants? |
Italian, Greek, Polish, Russian, and Romanian that came after 1890 From South and East Europe |
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What did the Immigration Restriction league attempt? |
Gave literacy tests to check English |
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How did the nativists feel about the Chinese? |
They didn't like them because they were working cheaper than anyone else |
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What was the Gentlemen's Agreement? |
Japan agreed to stop sending laborers (workers) to the US and the US agreed to allow Japanese kids to go to school with American students |
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What was urbanization? |
The growth of cities and industrialization |
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Why was the city a destination for most immigrants? |
It was cheap, convenient, and there were skilled and unskilled jobs |
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What was the significance of the Exclusion Act? |
No unskilled laborers could come to U.S..... only students, teachers, merchants, government officials. |
