Immigration Notes

Question 1

Old immigrants

Answer 1

Immigrated from N-W Europe
1840-1890
Ireland, GB, Germany crossed to get to USA

Question 2

New immigrants

Answer 2

From S+E Europe
Late 1800’s
Italy Poland Hungary

Question 3

Push factor

Answer 3

Caused people to move
Why they wanted to move-
1.pop growth
2.hunger
3.scarcity of land
4. Religion

Question 4

Pull factor

Answer 4

To attract to certain place
Why they got attracted-
1.free democratic society
2.jobs
3.natural resources
4. “American letters”

Question 5

Tenements

Answer 5

Poorly built Overcrowded apartment buildings

Question 6

Nativism

Answer 6

Policy of favoring the interest of Native Americans

Question 7

1894 Immigration restriction league

Answer 7

Wanted to limit immigration forcing to take a literacy test

Question 8

Chinese exclusion act of 1882

Answer 8

Restricted Chinese immigration only cause race
Prevented them for 10 years!
Only allowed a few teachers, students , relatives, merchants
-created a shortage of farm workers

Question 9

Settlement houses-

Answer 9

Community center that provided a lot of services to poor

Question 10

Ellis island

Answer 10

Entrance through the east – 1892 New York harbor
Made immigrants do “ six second exam” through great hall
If condition was treatable you could get housed there for a bit

Question 11

Foran Act

Answer 11

1885, law that made it illegal for U.S employees to import foreigners as contract laborers.

(can’t work just cuz u signed a contract, u could be to unskilled and woudn’t help the US)

Question 12

Angel island

Answer 12

“Ellis island on the W” 1910
Designed to-Isolating people from friends and relatives on mainland and preventing from escapes
Had thorough physical exam and instense legal interview
Officials hoped to exclude Chinese who lied bout relatives being Ameican