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Ch 20 Sec 1
A New Wave of Immigration
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Where were the immigrants mostly from in the mid 1800s? | Great Britain, Germany, Ireland, Scandinavian countries |
| What was the religion and work of old immigrants like? | Mostly Protestant, skilled |
| What were old immigrants? | immigrants from Northern Europe in the mid 1800s |
| What were new immigrants? | immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe (Greece, Italy, Russia) in the late 1800s |
| What was the religion of new immigrants like? | Orthodox Christian, Roman Catholic, Jewish |
| Why did people immigrate to America? | Job opportunities, escape political +religious persecution, better lifestyles |
| What did immigrants travel in and what were the conditions like? | Steerage = under ship's deck, where steering was controlled Hot, smelly, cramped |
| What did passengers on boats suffer from? | Diseases + seasickness |
| What were immigration centers? Who ran them? | Government run centers where officials decided which immigrants could enter the US |
| Which immigrants faced possible rejection at immigrant centers? | People who had legal problems and diseases |
| What was Ellis Island? | Busiest immigration center for European immg., located in NY Harbor, East Coast |
| What was Angel Island? | busy immigration center for Chinese immg, located in San Francisco |
| What was one restriction for immigrants at Angel Island? What did it often lead to? | Only people with fathers who were US Citizens were allowed, led to month long investigations |
| What was El Paso, Texas? | major center for Mexican immigrants |
| What jobs did many Mexican immigrants take once in the US and where? | Contruction, miners, farmers, in Southwestern states |
| What were the main things immigrants had to find/adapt to once in America? | Homes, jobs, languages, customs |
| What did many immigrants do in neighborhoods? Why? | Set up neighborhoods with immg from same country, so they could keep their same customs and languages |
| What were some of the places/things immigrants set up for education and recreation? | Schools, clubs, places of worship, newspapers |
| What did a group of Jews found? | Yiddish theater (language they spoke) |
| What did immigrants start on their own for income? Give one example. | Shops and banks Ex. Italian immigrant Amadeo Giannini founded Bank of Italy, San Francisco |
| What did business owners offer to new immigrants? | Loans/credit |
| What were benevolent societies? | organizations set up by immigrant communities that helped immigrants with sickness + unemployment + death |
| Where did many immigrants have to live because of their situation? | Tenements = overcrowded apartment buildings |
| Who were the fastest of immigrants to learn American customs? | Children |
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