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14.1 Immigration

Immigration in America in the 1800s

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Where did most immigrants in America come from in the 1800s? Different countries in Europe
What were some of the push factors that caused people to leave their homeland? War, poverty, overcrowding, disease, religious persecution, food shortages
What were some of the pull factors that brought immigrants to the United States? Job opportunities, religious freedom, wide open spaces, available farm land, to reunite with family members
What is a famine? A severe food shortage
What caused many people from Ireland to come to the U.S. in the mid-1800s? The Irish Potato Famine
What is a tenement? A run-down, crowded apartment building where many immigrants lived and worked.
What challenges did America's cities face due to rapid population growth? Overcrowding, a lack of housing, the spread of disease, crime
What is the name of the immigration station that opened on the East Coast in the late 1800s? Ellis Island
Why did most immigrants settle in America's cities? The cities offered more job opportunities, and allowed immigrants to live in neighborhoods with people from the same country.
Why did many immigrants choose to live in ethnic neighborhoods in America's cities? It allowed them to live near others who were from the same country, spoke the same language, had a shared background, and common culture.
What was the first thing most immigrants saw when they arrived in America? The Statue of Liberty
What challenges did many immigrants experience in the United States? Discrimination, a lack of housing, low paying jobs, unsafe working conditions
What were sweatshops? Tenement buildings where immigrants did hard work, for low pay, and long hours.
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