Immigration

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Give examples of immigrant "push" factors.

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War or religious persecution

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Where did European immigrants enter when they came to America?

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Ellis Island

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Where did Asian immigrants arrive when they came to America? Options: Angel Island, Rhode Island, Ellis Island, Fools Island

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Angel Island

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Why did "Americans" discriminate against the Chinese?

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They held onto their culture (language, food, clothing) & they thought they would take their jobs

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Immigration push factors are…

Back

reasons people leave their homelands

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Immigration pull factors are…

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reasons people come to a new place

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What major event caused millions of Irish immigrants to come to the United States?

Back

The Irish Potato Famine

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Why were so few Chinese immigrants allowed to come to the United States?

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The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

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Chinese immigrants were mainly employed by companies in which industry? Options: auto building, skyscraper building, postage delivery, railroad building

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railroad building

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Immigrants came to America to escape: religious persecution, famine, poor economies.

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all of the above