IR Flashcards

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During the Period from 1880 to 1920, the majority of immigrants to the United States settled in urban areas in the North. What was the primary reason for this trend?

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Rapid Industrialization created many job opportunities

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A shift in immigration during the late 1800s (1880-1900) was

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More Immigrants arrived from Eastern and Southern Europe

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In which European country did the Industrial Revolution begin?

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Britain

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Socialism is

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an economic system in which the factors of production are owned by the public and operate for the welfare of all.

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______ predicted a violent revolution that would result in the working class in a classless political and economic system known as communism

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Karl Marx

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Push factor

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War or religious persecution

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How did immigrants decide to settle where they did?

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They settled by people of similar ethnic backgrounds

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Immigration push factors are…

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reasons people leave their homelands

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Native born workers feared that jobs would go to Chinese immigrants , who would... 

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accept low wages.

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Identify effects Industrial Revolution

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The Expansion of the Middle class & Dirty and crowded cities