Immigrants Pull/Push

What are characteristics of the Gilded Age?

• Immigration

• Honest politics

• Urbanization

• Industrialization

What made people leave Europe and go to America (push factors)?

• Religious Persecution (being targeted for religion)

• Poverty

• Political stability
• Famine (no food/ hunger)

Why was there a desire for immigrants?

• They were cheap labor in factories

• To reduce cultural diversity in society.
• To limit job opportunities for locals.
• To help build the Railroad

Besides escaping hardship, what was a primary "pull factor" that drew many immigrants to America?

• The promise of free land in the West.

• The opportunity for political office.

• The lure of abundant natural resources.

• The land of economic opportunity and political freedom.

Where were the old immigrants from?

• Northern and Western Europe
• Africa and the Middle East

• Asia and the Pacific Rim

• Southern and Eastern Europe

Who were the "New Immigrants" (select 2)

• Southern and Eastern European

• Irish and English

• Germans and Italians

• Slavs and Jews

What were three nationalities of immigrants on the East Coast?

• Italians

• English

• Greeks

• Russians

Why would there be more Chinese and Japanese on the West Coast? (California)

• California's government policy favoring these groups.

• Because of recent technological advancements.

• China and Japan are closer to the West Coast than East

• There are more Chinese and Japanese on the West Coast because of climate change.

From which regions did the majority of "new immigrants" to the United States originate after the 1880s?

• Northern and Western Europe.

• Southern and Eastern Europe.

• South America and Africa.

• East Asia and the Middle East.

What were the two main religions of New Immigrants?

• Catholic

• Protestant

• Jewish

• Non-Denominational