Immigrant Experience

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a group’s shared beliefs, values, and ways of life

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culture

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a distinct group that lives or works together within a larger community

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enclave

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the act of keeping somebody or something out

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exclusion

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the belief that immigrants are inferior to “established” Americans

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nativism

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Reasons for immigration in the late 1800s and early 1900s include Economic opportunity and ______ freedom

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Religious

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By 1900, two-thirds of the population of New York lived in tenement housing. • Tenements were crowded _______.

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apartments

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Nativists blamed immigrants for many problems EXCEPT

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Prosperity

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Nativists believed _____ would destroy American culture.

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immigrants

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Chinese Exclusion Act: Prohibited most immigration from China

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1882

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Required immigrants to be able to read and write

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Immigration Act of 1917