Chapter 20 - SS8
| Description: | Immigration |
| Category: | U.S. History |
| Created by: | verretj on 2009-11-09 |
| Question | Answer |
| Push Factor | Conditions that drive people to leave their homes |
| Pull Factor | Conditions that attract people to a new area |
| Pogroms | Mass killing of the Jews in Russia |
| Welcome Symbol | The Statue of Liberty |
| Ellis Island | Immigration station in New York harbor where people underwent a series of exams |
| Old Immigrants | Northern and Western Europeans |
| New Immigrants | Southern and Eastern Europeans, Asians |
| Ethnic Group | A group of people who share a common culture |
| Chinese Exclusion Act | Act in 1882 that barred the immigration of Chinese laborers for 10 years |
| Assimilation | The process of becoming part of another culture |
| Tenements | Small apartments which often had no windows, heat or bathrooms |
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-During the late 1800s 25 million immigrants came to America through Ellis Island and Angel Island -People traveled here in steerage - which is the lowest part of the boat designed for cargo and livestock -The journey was approximately two weeks long in cramped quarters with scarce food and supplies -Once they arrived in America they had to live in tenements which were cramped quarters with no indoor plumbing -There were many push factors which are reasons people left their homeland - some examples include: discrimination and lack of food and jobs -Pull factors attracted people to a country - they include: jobs, freedom, food, and homes -Many families lived in small tenements -Children often had to come over alone and work -Families were sometimes split up because of health reasons |
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