socials studies 20 Flashcards
(47 cards)
where they skilled workers
yes
what are immigrants from the Northern Europe
old immigrants
what are immigrants from the southern and eastern of Europe called
new immigrants
a young women from ________ spoke for her country
Russia
what did new immigrants come from
many religious and different cultural backgrounds
what is an area below a ships deck where steering mechanisms were located
steerage
where steerage tickets expensive
no
where the cabins from the steerage nice
no
where some passengers of the steerage sea sick and did some die
yes
which was the busiest center where new arrivals were processed from
Ellis island
did the government exam the immigrants to see if they are aloud in there country
yes
where did the Chinese immigrants go to
Angel island
why did the Chinese go to Angel island
laws limited chinese immigrants
where did Mexican immigrants go to
El Paso ,Texas
did Mexican workers find steel mills mines and large farms
yes
what did immigrants need to find
jobs
houses
did they have to learn new language and customs
yes
did immigrants move into neighborhoods with people from the same country
yes
could they speak the way they wanted to in that neighborhood
yes
did immigrants open local shops
yes
what is a aid organizations offered by immigrants help in case of sickness unemployment and death
benevolent societies
what is a poorly built overcrowded apartment building called
tenements
what is long hours and hot unhealthy working conditions called
sweatshops
what was banning the Chinese people from immigtrsting to the us for 10 years
Chinese exclusion act
