Immigration Vocabulary

A Push Factor is:

• Conditions that encourage someone to leave

• Conditions that motivate someone to enter a country

• How many times someone has been pushed

• How much someone wants to move

A Pull Factor is:

• Something that attracts/motivates people to move to a certain place

• Something keeping immigrants in their home country

• Something that is pulling someone towards their family

• How many times the immigrant ship can be pulled to shore

What is Urbanization?

• Growth of Cities

• The Growth of Inventions

• The challenge of immigration

• The growth of farms

How was Angel Island different from Ellis Island?

• Main station for European immigrants
• Main station for Chinese immigrants
• Located on the EAST coast
• People were only there a few hours

Where were most immigrants from?

• Italy
• Slavic Countries
• Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico
• Europe

Where did most immigrants to the USA come from (1880-1920)?

• Southern & Eastern Europe

• Northern & Western Europe

• Latin America

• Asia

Give examples of immigrant "push" factors.

• Promise of a better life

• War or religious persecution

• Religious Freedom

• Better opportunities

Where did European immigrants enter when they came to America?

• Ellis Island
• Rhode Island
• Alcatraz
• Angel Island

Which of the following quotes below best represents a pull factor that accounted for much of the Chinese immigration to the United States in the mid-19th century?

• "There is an abundance of inexpensive land in the Midwest available for the cultivation of crops."

• "There are many economic opportunities in the West because of the discovery of rich mineral deposits."

• "There are many different religious buildings here and people are free to practice their religion freely."

• "There is the opportunity to earn a good wage working in the factories in the Northeast."

Which of the following was a pull factor that encouraged people to immigrate to the United States?

• religious persecution

• factory jobs

• political unrest

• overcrowding