Immigration Vocab Flashcard

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Immigration push factors are...

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Reasons people leave their homelands

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Immigration pull factors are

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Reasons people come to a new country

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Major event leading to Irish immigration to the U.S.

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The Irish Potato Famine

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First anti-immigrant legislation in the U.S.

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The Chinese Exclusion Act

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Chinese immigrants were mainly employed in which industry?

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Railroad building

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Immigrants came to America to escape:

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All of the above

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Settlement houses were run largely by

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Women

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Many immigrants flocked to cities because of:

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Employment

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Main immigration station in NY:

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Ellis Island

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Main goal of the Americanization movement:

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Teach immigrants American culture and English.