IMMIGRANTS

Why did people immigrate?

• Escape from cruel and unfair laws, persecution, economic instability, promise of free rich farmland, opportunities to have a better life, and job opportunities.

• To avoid traveling to new places and stay in their homeland forever.

• Because they wanted to experience harsh living conditions and fewer opportunities.

• To escape from too much freedom and prosperity in their own country.

The most significant source of population growth in the United States from 1840 to 1912 was

• immigration from Europe

• natural increase among Native Americans

• immigration from Asia

• the annexation of new territories

What were the reasons for Irish & German immigrants leaving their home countries in the 1840s and 1850s, and where did they settle upon arrival in the U.S.?

• famine and political unrest; settled in cities along the East Coast and worked in factories and neighborhoods with other immigrants

• seeking gold and adventure; settled primarily in the western territories and became miners

• escaping religious persecution; settled mostly in the southern plantations as farm laborers

• searching for educational opportunities; settled in rural areas and established universities

What were the reasons that drew Chinese immigrants to the U.S. in the 1840s and what types of work did they engage in upon arrival?

• drawn by railroads, jobs, and the gold rush; worked on the Transcontinental Railroad and in mining

• seeking religious freedom; worked primarily as teachers and doctors

• escaping political persecution; became landowners and politicians

• attracted by free land; worked mostly in textile factories

Why did Scandinavian immigrants leave their home countries and where did they settle in the U.S.?

• limited land and poor opportunities; settled in the Midwest and started farming in small towns

• seeking gold; settled in California and became miners

• escaping religious persecution; settled in New England and became fishermen

• to join the fur trade; settled in the Pacific Northwest and worked for trading companies

European immigrants from 1900-1920 (Italy, Greece, Poland, Russia) left their home countries for

• job opportunities; settled in cities and worked in factories

• religious freedom; settled in rural areas and became farmers

• adventure; joined the military in their new countries

• political power; became government officials

What are the push factors?

• cruel and unfair government

• religious persecution

• better life and job opportunities

• economic stability

What are two pull factors?

• promises of free rich farmland

• economic stability

• better job opportunities

• escape from cruel and unfair government

upon urrival in the united states, immigrants often encountered _ cities, harsh_ and working conditions, and_

• crowded, living, discrimination

• love, sadness, effection

in the 19th century settled in the_ because they were the _ place to live. They offered _workers steady_. Many immagrants decided to settle close to the _ they entered. Others chose to move to because they were _ populated

• inland states

• port, less

• unskilled jobs

• cheapest

• large cities