Ch 13. Immigration to the United States Flashcard

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Immigration pull factors are…

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reasons people come to a new place

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Immigration push factors are…

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reasons people leave their homelands

Front

Between 1865–1914, how many immigrants came to the United States?

Back

25 million

Front

“Old Immigrants” (before 1890) mostly came from which regions?

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Northern and Western Europe

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“New Immigrants” (after 1890) were primarily from: Ireland and Germany, Canada and Mexico, England and Scotland

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Austria-Hungary, Poland, Russia, and Italy

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Which of the following is a PUSH factor for immigration? Job opportunities in factories, Free land in the Midwest, Freedom of speech

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Religious persecution in Eastern Europe

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Where did 75% of European immigrants go through when arriving in America?

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Ellis Island

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Immigrants traveling in steerage conditions faced:

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Crowded, unsanitary conditions with little food

Front

Angel Island in San Francisco processed mostly which groups?

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Chinese and Japanese

Front

Which journalist exposed poor living conditions in tenements with his book How the Other Half Lives?

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Jacob Riis