Irish/German Immigrants

Americans who opposed immigration

• Patriots

• Nativists

• Know-Nothing-Party

• Tenements

Poorly designed apartment buildings that housed large numbers of people

• Skyscrapers

• Slums

• Tenements

• Middle Class

Between 1840-1860, how many European immigrants came to the U.S.?

• 1 Million

• 2 Million

• 3 Million

• 4 Million

Which of the following is a Push Factor

• Jobs

• Abundant Land

• Greater Freedom and Equality

• Poverty

What was a main reason for the Irish immigration?

• Political Strife

• Religious Freedom

• Potato Famine-Starvation

• To start a St. Patrick's Day Parade

What was the main religion of most Irish?

• Catholicism

• Judaism

• Islam

• Protestantism

A social and economic level between wealthy and poor

• plantar

• middle class

• poverty

The Know-Nothing-Party was for immigrants becoming citizens or holding office

• True

• False