Immigration

Question 1

What was castle garden

Answer 1

Received immigrants from 1820-1890

Question 2

What is the statue of liberty a sign of?

Answer 2

Freedom

Question 3

How did the imigrants travel

Answer 3

by boat

Question 4

What part of the boat were immigrants placed?

Answer 4

the steerage

Question 5

describe how the steerage was

Answer 5

it was very cramped with lots of people.no windows and many diseases spread

Question 6

Describe Ellis island

Answer 6

gateway to america. immigrants had a six second inspection.island of tears

Question 7

Where and what was ellis island used for.

Answer 7

Its in ny harbour and is used to inspect new immigranrs

Question 8

What was angel island

Answer 8

processing and registering center on the west coast

Question 9

What were the immigrant pattersn

Answer 9

before 1885 mostly northern and western europeans came to america after mostly southern and eastern eurpoeans came to america.

Question 10

What are some push and pull factors

Answer 10

push-revolution,wars,scarce land,many farmers lost their jobs pull-promise of freedom and better life,jobs avilible,many family members in america

Question 11

were did most immigrants live

Answer 11

ethnic neighborhoods because it reminded them of home.

Question 12

assimilation

Answer 12

trying to become part of another culture

Question 13

melting pot theory

Answer 13

theory that american culture is a mix of all cultures

Question 14

nativist

Answer 14

people who want to limit immigration

Question 15

xenophobia

Answer 15

fear of foreigners

Question 16

why were peolpe scared of forenghiers

Answer 16

people thought that they were going to steal their jobs

Question 17

urbanization

Answer 17

many people moved from rural areas to cities

Question 18

acculturation

Answer 18

holding on to your culture while learning a new one

Question 19

chinese exclusion act

Answer 19

no chinese laborer could enter or re-enter the country,congress tried to pass legislation to limit intergration.

Question 20

immigration laws

Answer 20

favor northern and western eurpoeans allow less and less immigrants into the country as each law is passed

Question 21

what are the limits to immigration

Answer 21

gentelmans agreement,literacy tests,emergency qouta act,national origins act,

Question 22

why did african americans move to america

Answer 22

violence

Question 23

where did the poor live

Answer 23

in the center near their workplace

Question 24

what are tenements

Answer 24

small apartments where most poor people lived

Question 25

who was jacob ribbs

Answer 25

photographer who took pictures of tenements