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exam essay 1/6/10
Immigration
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Pull factors | Any reasons that attract immigrants to the US (ex. jobs, better life, religious and political freedom, etc) |
| Push factors | Reasons why people leave their country (ex. war, opression, persecution, famine, etc.) |
| "old" immigrants (1820s-1880s) | Northern and western Europe ( great Britain ( wales, Scotland), Germany, Ireland), holland, Sweden) 82% came from northern and western Europe |
| Factors (advantages for old immigrants): | 1.similar institutions, ideology, + religion made easier to assimilate + adapt to the US, 2. well-educated + skilled workers with the knowledge to succeed + benefit society and the country, 3. were able to move out west to settle the "open frontier" |
| WASP | White Anglo-Saxon Protestant |
| Homestead Acts | the government gave away 160 acres of free land for people to farm |
| New Immigrants (1890s-1920s) | Southern and Eastern Europe (Italy, Russia, Poland, Greece, Austria-Hungary, Jews) |
| Dangerous ideologies that were a serious threat to our institutions, government, and country. | 1. socialism, 2. anarchism, 3. communism |
| disadvantages for new immigrants | 1. diff. religions, strange cultures, and lack of education made it difficult to succeed + assimilate. 2. poverty + closed frontier prevented them from moving west |
| American Protective Association | natavists who wanted the gov. to limit the number of immigrants coming to the US |
| Literacy Test | to enter the US, an immigrant had to read 40 words in any language |
| Quota Laws | each country was given a specific number of immigrants allowed into the country each year |
| Ellis Island (1892-1954) | place where immigrants were processed (examined) to determine if they were allowed to enter the US |
| Annie Moore | first of 16 million people to emmigrate to America |
| steerage | bottom of the boat; passenger ship; reserved for those paying the cheapest fare with terrible accomodations. Average was $30.00. 90% of immigrants were in steerage. |
| what percent of immigrants made it to the US? | 80% |
| Symbols for Trachoma, Heart Conditions, Retarded, and Pregnant | T, A, X, PG |
| Symbols for foot, back, eyes, and scalp. | Ft, B, E, Sc |
| Symbols for neck and hernia | N and K |
| ghetto | area of a city where people of the same nationality or race live together (ethnic neighborhood) |
| tenements | apartment buildings where immigrants lived together in crowded, dirty conditions |
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