Immigration

What is one reason people do NOT immigrate?

• A change in cuisine

• famine (hunger)

• escape from violence: war/persecution/crime

• economic opportunity

Which groups have NOT immigrated to the US?

• Italians

• Chinese

• Mongolians

• Irish

Most immigrants are from which economic class?

• Wealthy/Upper Class

• No Specific Class

• Middle Class

• Poor

Nativists expect immigrants to do all of the following EXCEPT:

• Learn and use the language.

• Learn and follow the cultures' customs and rules.

• Learn and follow the laws.

• Intermarry with native citizens.

Immigrants have always faced hostility/aggression/attacks for all these reasons EXCEPT:

• They are viewed as genetically superior.

• Their religion is different.

• Their culture and values are different and foreign.

• Their language and style of dress is different and strange to locals.

What kinds of jobs and housing can immigrants expect to find and afford?

• High paying jobs and quality housing

• low paying jobs and low quality housing

• high paying jobs and low quality housing

• low paying jobs and high quality housing

Most immigrants do what to feel safe and at home?

• Live in a community of shared culture and language

• live isolated (away) from their community

• stay in their country of origin

• return frequently to their country of origin

What difficulties do the children of immigrants face?

• What difficulties do the children of immigrants face?

• They are fully integrated into both their parents' and their adopted country's cultures.

• They are unable to adapt to either culture.

• They're caught between cultures.

What is NOT a source of conflict between immigrants and their children?

• Their children integrate faster.

• Their children learn the language faster.

• Their children do not have an interest in adapting to the new culture.

• Their children do not always understand or accept their parents' culture.

Why do businesses often recruit immigrants?

• Immigrants are willing to work to do the hardest work for the lowest wages.

• Immigrants are easier to teach than native workers.

• Immigrants often college educated.

• Immigrants are often skilled labor.