Flashcard on Immigration and Industrialization

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What is the name of the period of change caused by industrialization, immigration, and urbanization after the Civil War?

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The Second Industrial Revolution

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What drew immigrants to the United States between 1865 and 1914?

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Factories and the growing American economy

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Which regions saw the greatest increase in immigration between 1870 and 1890? Options: Northern Europe, Eastern Europe, Western Europe, Southern Europe

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Eastern Europe

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What "pushed" Irish people to leave Ireland for the United States beginning in 1845?

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Political unrest, religious persecution, and potato famine

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In which cities did most Irish immigrants settle in the United States? Boston and New York City, Los Angeles and San Francisco, Chicago and Detroit, Miami and Houston

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Boston and New York City

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Why did Jewish people immigrate to the United States?

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To escape poverty and religious persecution in Europe

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What was Ellis Island?

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A port located in New York to receive European immigrants coming into America.

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What types of jobs did most immigrants take?

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Most immigrants found work as household servants (domestic work).

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What factors contributed to nativism?

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Nativists believed immigrants were hurting native-born Americans by taking "their" jobs and lowering wages.

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How did the experience of Chinese immigrants compare to immigrants from Europe?

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Both groups faced discrimination, but immigrants from Asia faced lots of discrimination in the US.