Immigration Test Questions Argumentative – Flashcards
Flashcard maker : Shelby Arnold
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push factor
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conditions that drive people from their homes/nation
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pull factor
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conditions that attract immigrants to a new area
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old immigrants
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immigrants before 1800’s English, Irish, German
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new immigrants
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immigrant after 1885 southern and eastern Europe. Italians, Poles, Greeks, Russians, and Hungarians
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experience of immigration to US
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crowded boats, disease, sickness, steerage deck
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Statue of Liberty
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sign of new life, freedom
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Ellis Island
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where immigrants were processed
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urbanization
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growth of cities
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tenement
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slum, where immigrants lived, many to a crowded room
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assimilation
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adapting to a new life, fitting in with people who have lived there before you, giving up your old ways, many were discriminated against
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problems of city dwellers
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small apartments, jammed streets with people, horses and garbage.
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solutions to urban problems
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reforms ( laws) , public education, settlement houses
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settlement house
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a house where immigrants could get services, community center
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culture and entertainment
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vaudeville ( variety shows), song and dance, acrobats
