Immigration Flashcards
Name the main push factors for immigration to America
overcrowding, the class system,
Name the main pull factors for immigrating to America
Space, Economic opportunity, Natural resources, Land of the free, Wages
When was the literacy test created
1917
When was the Emergency Quota act created
1921
When was the national origins act created
1924
when was the immigration act created
1929
what did the immigration act restrict immigration to
150,000 per year
the emergency quota act reduced the number of immigrants from where
eastern Europe
what did the national origins act implement
more ethnic groups could arrive depending on how many had arrived by 1890
what is rugged individualism
the American ideal that individuals should be responsible for their own lives without help
when was the open door policy implemented
1899
how many people immigrated to America between 1840 and 1950
40 million
