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Cities-Immigration
Urbanization & Immigration
Question | Answer |
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What was the growth of cities called? | Urbanization |
Cities expanded outward from industrial centers and business districts | suburbs |
C. The “first stop” for many immigrants arriving in New York | Ellis Island |
A large number of immigrants entered the US from 1880-1921 because there were none of these. | quotas |
Most immigrants during this time came from here | Europe |
This group of immigrants were mostly protestant, skilled and from Northern and Western Europe | Old immigrants |
This group was mostly Jewish or Catholic, unskilled, and from Southern and Eastern Europe. | New immigrants |
Poorly built, overcrowded, dirty apartment buildings | tenements |
2/3 of immigrants settled in ethnic neighborhoods called __________________ | enclaves |
Native-born Americans expressed fear, suspicion and hostility towards new immigrants | Nativism |
These were created to give workers more rights | unions |
When union demands were not met, workers often did this. | strike |
The Knights of Labor as well as this group were an example of a union | American Federation of Labor |
Mining used _____________ because they could get into small cramped spaces easily. | child labor |