Where did immigrants come from during the first
half of 19th century? Northern and Western
Europe ( Ireland, Germany )
2. Why did many leave Ireland? Potato Famine
3. What were the reasons for many immigrants to
come to the US? Economic opportunity (most
common), escape persecution, avoid military
draft, family and friends already in US
4. Why did farmers leave Europe? Opportunity to
own land in US – Homestead Act
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5. Why did many immigrants flock to America
in the late 1800s? Factory Jobs
6. Where did the “New Immigrants” come
from? Southern and Eastern Europe
7. What is the melting pot theory? All
immigrants should adopt American
traditions
8. Where did the “recent immigrants” come
from? Asia
9. Where did immigrants settle when they
arrived in the 1900s? Cities
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How were immigrants treated when they
arrived during the 19th century? They
faced discrimination
Why did nativists object to immigration?
They believed the immigrants were stealing
their jobs.
What political party blamed immigrants for
taking jobs? The Know-Nothing Party
Where did immigrants enter when they
arrived in the US? East coast – Ellis Island,
West coast – Angel Island
14. What group of Americans opposed
immigration? Unions – they wanted to
protect the jobs the workers held.
15. What problems did the new immigrants
face? Poverty, different languages,
unsanitary living conditions
16. Why did Americans want to restrict
immigration? The immigrants would work
for lower wages and therefore take jobs
away from Americans
17. Why did immigrants settle in ghettos with
people that were similar to them? To hold
on to their culture.
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Identify the Chinese Exclusion Act and the
Gentlemen’s Agreement: Chinese
Exclusion – limited Chinese immigration to
US, Gentlemen’s Agreement – restrict
Japanese immigration
Why did the city and population increase
during late 19th century?
Industry was
expanding
What is a pluralistic society? A “salad
bowl” – many cultures in one society
Who lived in the tenements? Poor
immigrants
22. Why were skyscrapers built during the
beginning of the 20th century? Steel was
cheap, invention of elevator, easier to go up
than out
23. Identify: Nellie Bly and Scott Joplin – Bly:
Woman reporter who worked for the New
York World, Joplin: made ragtime popular
24. Define yellow journalism: sensational style
of writing
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25. Who was Horatio Alger? Wrote about poor
people that work hard then get rich.
26. What role did newspapers play in the late
1800s? Increased due to more readers –
immigrants learned English by reading the
papers
27. Identify importance of mail order catalogs
and department stores. Catalogs enabled
those that lived in rural areas to get
products. Department stores – offered many
products in one location.
Choose two areas
 Old, New or Recent
 Explain:
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› When did they come to US
› Where did they come from
› Why did they come
› Where did they settle
› What were their contributions/impact