Immigration section 1

What were nativists afraid of?

• they were afraid of war with Native Americans

• they feared that too many immigrants were moving into the country

• they were afraid that not enough immigrants were moving into the country

What are the main differences between old immigrants and new immigrants.

• Old immigrants were from Northern Europe and were rich.

  New immigrants were from Southern and Eastern Europe and were poor.

• New immigrants were from South America and were rich.

  Old immigrants were from Asia and were poor.

• Old immigrants were from North Africa and were poor .

  New immigrants were from Antartica and were rich .

• Old immigrants were young.

  New immigrants were old.

How did most immigrants travel?

• Most traveled by plane

• Most traveled by ship in steerage, the area below the ships deck..

• Most traveled by ship in private cabins with few people

• Most traveled by car

What was one of the busiest immigration centers in the United States in the early 1900's?

• Ellis Island

• Hawaii

• Alaska

• Maine Island

What did the Chinese Exclusion Act do?

• It banned American from making Chinese flags.

• It banned Americans from going to China.

• It banned Chinese people from immigrating to the United States for 10 years.

• It banned children from eating Chinese food.

What were tenements like?

• large houses in the suburbs

• tents

• newly built skyscrapers

• poorly built, overcrowded apartment buildings

What pushed people away from their homeland?

• Push: Poverty ,Famine, Religious persecution ,Political upheaval

• Push: Money, Power, Fame, Respect

• Push: cars, planes, and automobiles.

• Push: Education, Jobs, Religious freedom, Democracy

What pulled people to the United States?

• Pull: Poverty ,Famine, Religious persecution ,Political upheaval

• Pull: Jobs, American Dream, Education, Democracy

• Pull: Death, despair, anguish

• Pull: tenements and sweatshops

What did some immigrant communities form to offer help to other immigrants in cases of sickness, unemployment or death?

• Benevolent societies

• sweatshops

• tenements

• the Chinese Exclusion Act

Why were some shops and mills called sweatshops?

• The Chinese Exclusion Act

• They banned workers from sweating in them.

• You could buy sweaty jerseys

• Long hours, and hot, unhealthy, working conditions