Industrialization and Immigration

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19th century Chinese immigrants are known for what? Options: Work in building the Transcontinental Railroad, Work in New York factories, Contributions to the steel industry, Contributions to John D. Rockefeller

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Work in building the Transcontinental Railroad

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During the period from 1880 to 1910, why did the majority of immigrants to the United States settle in urban areas in the North?

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Rapid industrialization had created many job opportunities.

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Why did Irish immigration increase during the mid-nineteenth century?

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the Great Potato Famine in Ireland

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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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Who immigrated to California for economic reasons? Options: Irish, Chinese, Germans, Jewish

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Chinese

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Which factor contributed to the shifting of population from rural to urban areas from 1870-1900? Options: Not enough families took advantage of the Homestead Act, Great Plains Indians left their reservations to buy new farmland, Houses in cities were less expensive than those in the countryside, Better jobs in industry attracted farmers and laborers to cities

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Better jobs in industry attracted farmers and laborers to cities

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Americans who opposed increased immigration to the US were called

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nativists

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The majority of German immigrants who entered the United States in the late 1840s were attracted by

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economic opportunity and freedom from government control.

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Why did many Germans flee to the United States in 1848?

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They needed to escape political persecution.