Immigration 23-24

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A period of time when products go from home-made to machine made in factories.

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industrialization

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What is the rapid growth of cities called?

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urbanization

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completed in 1869 at Promontory Point, Utah making it possible to travel by land to California

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Transcontinental Railroad

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Which was NOT a reason for immigration to the U.S. in the 1880s (i.e. Gilded Age)? Options: Lots of jobs, Escaping persecution, Good working conditions, Escaping poverty

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Good working conditions

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What was Ellis Island?

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An immigration center in New York

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Which is a reason people came to America? Options: Baseball, Colleges, Job opportunities, Vacation

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Job opportunities

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War, poverty, and discrimination are all examples of.......

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Push Factors

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Economic opportunities, religious freedom, and political and social equality are all examples of...

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Pull Factors

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Passed in 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act did what?

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closed America to Chinese immigrants

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multi-family apartments, usually dark, crowded, and barely meeting minimal living standards

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tenement