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Chapter 7 Section 1
The New Immigrants (254)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Early America was very biased, even these holy places were segregated | cemeteries |
| What were the two main reasons immigrants came to the United States? | To escape difficult conditions like famine or persecution. To earn money, then go back to their homeland |
| Most European immigrants in the late 1800's came from __________, but in the 1900's more poured in from________ | Northern and Eastern countries; South and Western Europe |
| What were the 3 main reasons Europeans came to America? | To escape religious persecution (Jews in Russia). To escape a rising population (not many jobs). Spirit of reform and revolt. |
| What was the main reason Chinese Immigrants came into the West? | To seek their fortunes, however many lived their lives as railroad workers and mining, with very very few even owning a business |
| What action, followed by a rumor, drew Japanese immigrants into California | Japanese worked as farmhands in Hawaii, when the US annexed Hawaii in 1898 a rumor was out that California had high wages so the Japanese went there. |
| Why did people from the West Indies come to the Southeastern and eastern US? | There weren't many jobs in their homecountries and they figured America promised jobs for all |
| Why did the Mexicans immigrate to the southern US? | To find jobs and escape political turmoil |
| The trip from Europe to America took about _________; During this time, passengers were treated more like __________ than people | one week; cargo |
| This was the most famous place Immigration inspections were held | Ellis Island |
| What were a few of the requirements to be able to be let in to the United States? | no diseases, able to work, no past felonys |
| Ellis Island was for European Immigrants, what was the main station for Asian immigration at San Fransisco Bay? | Angel Island |
| What kinds of things would ethnic communities work together to accomplish? | publish native language newspapers, build cemeteries, found old people's homes and orphanages, and formed social clubs |
| There was a lot of tension between what two groups of American people? | Native-born (believed in the melting pot theory that immigrants should forget their old culture) and immigrants (wanted to keep their culture alive) |
| What is nativism? | Overt favortisim towards native-born Americans |
| some nativists believed anglo-saxan (english ancestors) immigrants were ok if they were from the "right" countries. which countries were these? | Britain, Germany, Scandanavia` |
| Nativism is mostly based on this, not ethnic background | religious beliefs |
| In 1897 congress passed a bill requiring immigrants to do this before entering the US | reading 40 words of english or their native language |
| Especially in the depression of 1873 people in the west feared Chinese workers. why? | They would work for lower wages so they had a better chance of getting jobs |
| The general population of Chinese people was banned from the US in the Chinese Exclusion Act. When was the law forbidding them repealed? | it wasnt repealed until 1943 |
| What did the Gentlemen's agreement say? | Chinese would limit the amount of unskilled workers that came to the US if the government de-segregated asian children in schools. |
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