Industrialization: Immigration

Industrialization-

• Benefited African Americans

• Saw the rise of American cities and industry

• Saw America's first immigrants

• Hurt the US economy

Which of the following does NOT describe OLD immigrants?

• From Northern / Western Europe

• Were mostly educated

• Had a common religious culture

• Did not speak English

Cheap, immigrant labor, new technology, and the growth of cities all led to-

• Increased immigration

• Jim Crow laws

• Industrialization

• Westward expansion

____________________ came from southeastern Europe and Asia, didn't speak English, and had diverse cultural and religious backgrounds.

• Workers

• African Americans

• Old immigrants

• New immigrants

Which of the following would be a PUSH factor?

• Factory jobs

• Overpopulation

• Land in the American West

• Hopes of immediate riches

What kinds of jobs did most new immigrants take once they arrived in the US?

• They went to further their education in colleges and universities

• Most didn't need a job

• Jobs at Ellis Island

• Factory jobs

What is pictured above?

• Tenements

• Ellis Island

• Old Immigrants

• Angel Island

Which of the following is a PULL factor?

• Poverty

• Political Persecution

• Famine

• Hope for a better life

Which does NOT describe tenement living?

• Safe

• Dirty

• Crowded

• Run down

New immigrants coming from Europe were processed at _________________________ before entering the US.

• New York

• Ellis Island

• Chicago

• Angel Island