“Immigration” Study Guide

South Carolina Standards: 5-3.3 and 5-3.4

Vocabulary

  1. Prejudice ______

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  1. Diversity ______

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  1. Anglo-Saxon ______

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  1. Social Darwinism ______

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Introduction and Connection to Previous Material

  1. The growth of Big Business and industries/factories was both a cause and effect of increased ______.
  1. Most immigrants provided the ______needed for expanding industry.
  1. Immigrants were attracted to jobs created by Big Business and helped the businesses to grow because they worked for ______, which helped the businesses to make a ______.

“New Immigrants” p. 185

  1. What were some of the reasons immigrants were “pushed” away from their homes?
  1. What were some of the reasons immigrants were “pulled” to America?

“Ellis Island” p. 186

  1. Most immigrants from Europe landed where? ______

“Angel Island” p. 187

  1. Why did Asian immigrants typically enter the United States through San Francisco?
  1. What limited immigration from China in the 1880s?

“A New World” p. 188-189

  1. Why were American resistant towards new immigrants?
  2. American Protestants thought that Catholic immigrants would not be good American ______because they followed the authority of the ______in religious matters.
  3. Americans feared that city ______were ______the ______of the immigrants and promoting ______.
  4. Americans thought that immigrants were ______and associated them with ______and ______.
  5. Native-born workers feared that immigrants would ______or drive down ______.
  1. Why were public schools established in the early 1800s?
  1. Later, public schools provided ______for children who did not have to ______.

Limiting Immigration

  1. Ideas like ______and ______contributed to anti-immigrant prejudices and a movement to ______.
  2. The public schools in San Francisco were set up to ______Japanese immigrants from American children. This led to a diplomatic ______with the Japanese government, and Japan set up the Gentleman’s Agreement to limit immigration from Japan.
  1. Some reformers wanted to require a ______for new immigrants, which was similar to the efforts to limit the rights of African Americans.
  1. In the 1920s, immigration was restricted by a ______, which discriminated against immigrants who arrived after 1890.

Contributions of Immigrants

  1. What contributions did immigrants make to the development of the United States?
  1. The majority of workers who built the ______were ______and ______immigrants.
  2. Some were ______who promoted economic growth such as ______and ______.
  3. Immigrants supplied a great part of the ______force that helped to make the U.S. the world’s largest ______by the end of the 19th century.
  1. Second and third generation immigrants went to school and became ______,______, and ______.
  2. Ethnic neighborhoods provided ______and ______that gradually became part of the American culture such as holidaytraditions and pizza!
  1. Despite the discrimination, immigrants found ______, ______, and ______opportunities in the United States.
  1. Immigrants had the opportunity to ______and some were elected to ______because of the support of ______. They created ______in ethnic neighborhoods.