Chapter 21, A New Urban Culture
Section 1, New Immigrants in a Promised Land – Pages 600-605
“Between 1866 and 1915 more than 25 million immigrants poured into the US”
Why Immigrants Came – Pages 600-601
1. What are push factors?
2. What are pull factors?
3. What push factors did small farmers in Europe experience?
4. What push factors did the Jews in Russia experience?
5. What pull factors did the US have to offer. (at least two)
A Difficult Journey – Pages 601-603
6. How did immigrants travel to the US?
7. Describe the conditions that immigrants faced as they traveled to the US.
8. France gave the Statue of Liberty to the US. In what year was it dedicated?
9. What did the Statue of Liberty symbolize for immigrants?
10. What was the purpose of Ellis Island?
11. What was Angel Island?

“Old and New Immigrants” – Page 603
12. In the early and mid 1800’s, what countries did most immigrants come from?
13. In the late 1800’s, what countries did most immigrants come from?
14. List three religions that these immigrants practiced.
Adapting to American Life – Pages 603-604
15. Where in the US did many immigrants settle?
16. What were (immigrant) ethnic neighborhoods?
17. Why were ethnic neighborhoods important to immigrants?
18. What is assimilation(acculturation), and why did immigrant children assimilate more quickly than their parents?
Nativists Oppose Immigration –Pages 604-605
19. Describe the attitude of the nativists towards the immigrants.
20. Why did many American workers dislike the immigrants?
21. What was the Chinese Exclusion Act?