Immigration

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Why did immigrants in late nineteenth century America establish their own separate neighborhoods, such as New York's Little Italy and San Francisco's Chinatown?

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They did so in order to continue practicing the traditions that they brought over from their home countries.

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During the period from 1880 to 1910, why did the majority of immigrants go to the United States and settle in urban areas in the North? Options: The Populists were successful in preventing immigrants from buying farmland. Rapid industrialization had created many job opportunities. Labor unions gave financial help to immigrants willing to work in the factories. Most immigrants had lived in cities in their native countries.

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Rapid industrialization had created many job opportunities.

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What processing station did Immigrants go through on the WEST coast?

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Angel Island

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What is the term for the mixture of people of different cultures and races together into Americans?

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Melting Pot

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Most immigrants on the East Coast were processed where? Washington, D.C., Ellis Island, Angel Island, Baltimore

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Ellis Island

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Which of the following caused the most prejudice against new immigrants in the United States during the late nineteenth century? Americans believed that immigrants were transient and would hurt the communities when they moved on again., The United States had tense relations with many of the nations from which the immigrants came., Heavy immigration caused overcrowding in rural areas and a rise in the price of cropland., Americans feared that immigrants would refuse to assimilate into American culture.

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Americans feared that immigrants would refuse to assimilate into American culture.

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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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Which idea led to a rise in anti-immigrant groups and a demand for immigration restrictions? Options: Melting Pot, Birds of Passage, Nativism, All of the above

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Nativism

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What is a tenement?

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Poorly built, overcrowded apartment buildings