Immigration in the Industrial Age

Where did most immigrants live? 

• Most lived in farming communities
• Most lived in the suburbs
• Most lived in big cities
• Most lived around lakes

Give examples of immigrant "push" factors.

• Promise of a better life
• War or religious persecution
• Religious Freedom
• Religious Freedom

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Where did immigrants in the West work?

• Factories, Industries
• Ranches
• Farms, Railroad, Mines
• Schools, Offices, Businesses

Where did  many immigrants in the East work?

• Fisherman
• Ranches
• Farms
• Factories

 Immigration  pull factors are…

• reasons people come to a new place
• reasons people leave their homelands
• reasons people begin working
• reasons people stop working

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

An attitude of resentment and superiority toward foreign born people

• Racism
• Elitism
• Nativism
• Discrimination

Immigrant processing center near New York, which processed mostly European Immigrants.  (Hint: Statue of Liberty)

• Ellis Island
• Angel Island
• San Francisco
• Sicily

What forced the Irish Immigrants to come to the United States

• Persecution
• Russians
• Religious Freedom
• Potato Famine

What made the Chinese come to the United States

• Violence and War
• Peace and happiness in China

Which statement describes the experience of most new immigrants to the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries?

• They were highly respected and treated as equals of other American citizens. 
• They were looked upon as inferior and discriminated against.
• They learned English and assimilated quickly into American culture. 
• They found quick success in farming their own lands in the south.