Turn of the Century Immigration

What is a main reason immigrants came to the US in the late 1800s and early 1900s?

• Did NOT want religious freedom
• Hoped for economic opportunity (to make money)
• Wanted LESS diversity
• Wanted to live more simply

Why did immigrants often live in neighborhoods with others from their homelands?

• It was illegal to live anywhere else
• They didn't want to be in the US
• It made their adjustment to their new life easier
• No other housing was avaliable

How did prejudice create problems for some immigrants?

• Major companies wanted to hire them
• People laughed at their accents
• Were not allowed jobs because of their race/ethnicity
• Immigrant children were not allowed to attend school

Give examples of immigrant "push" factors.

• Promise of a better life

• War or religious persecution

• Religious Freedom

• Better opportunities

What phrase is used to describe America?

• blended
• melting pot
• adventurous
• lucky

How did immigrants decide to settle where they did?

• They settled in warmer climates
• They settled near water
• They settled by people of similar ethnic backgrounds
• They settled where immigrant officials sent them

Where did European immigrants enter when they came to America?

• Ellis Island
• Rhode Island
• Alcatraz
• Angel Island

Where did Asian immigrants arrive when they came to America?

• Angel Island
• Rhode Island
• Ellis Island
• Fools Island

Immigration pull factors are…

• reasons people come to a new place

• reasons people leave their homelands

• reasons people begin working

• reasons people stop working

What major event caused millions of Irish immigrants to come to the United States?

• World War 1
• The Irish Potato Famine
• The Civil War
• The Gold Rush