Urbanization/Immigration Late 1800's

In the 1890's, most immigrants arriving in the United States came from

• China and South Asia

• Canada and Latin America

• Eastern and Southern Europe

• Ireland and Great Britain

Which of the following was a pull factor that attracted immigrants to America around 1900?

• Widespread famine and poverty in their home countries

• Religious persecution in their home countries

• The promise of job opportunities in American factories

• Mandatory military service in their home countries

What happened to European immigrants who failed health inspections?

• They were admitted to a local hospital

• they were restricted to a specific social class

• they were forced to live in a location in the Southern United States

• They were separated from family and returned to Europe

Why did nativism develop in the United States as a response to immigration around 1900?

• Many native-born Americans feared that immigrants would take jobs and change cultural norms.

• Immigrants were seen as essential contributors to the U.S. economy.

• Nativists believed that immigrants were assimilating too quickly into American culture.

• Immigrants were predominantly from English-speaking countries, which caused cultural conflicts.

After 1872, the processing center for the vast majority of immigrants arriving on the West was at

• Angel Island

• Staten Island

• Long island

• Ellis Island

Nativism in the late 19th century was motivated primarily by

• hostility toward immigrant workers taking american jobs

• the need to reduce over-crowding in western states

• cultural conflicts with Native Americans Indians

• the migration of the African American to northern cities

Most poor immigrants arrived from Europe in the late 1800s by traveling in _______________

• steerage

• skyscrapers

• slums

• settlement houses

During the late 1800s and early 1900s, most immigrants came from where?

• Western Europe

• China and Japan

• Southern and Eastern Europe

• Mexico

Give example of immigrant pull factors?

• Overpopulation
• Political Persecution
• Abundance of Land & job opportunities
• War

Immigration push factors are…

• reasons people come to a new place
• reasons people leave their homelands
• reasons people begin working
• reasons people stop working