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What was a major reason people moved to cities during the Gilded Age?

• Farm mechanization reduced the need for workers

• Increased farmland availability

• Factories shut down, forcing migration

• Government relocation programs

Match each immigration group with their primary region of origin:

• Old Immigrants

• Southern & Eastern Europe (Italy, Russia, Poland)

• New Immigrants

• Western Europe (Ireland, Germany, England)

• Asian Immigrants

• China & Japan

One major push factor for 'old immigrants' was ​ (a)   , while a push factor for 'new European immigrants' was ​ (b)   .

• Irish Potato Famine
• Poverty and unemployment
• Religious freedom
• The Gold Rush
• Factory jobs
• Land availability
• Overpopulation
• Factory work

Why did many 'new immigrants' settle in ethnic neighborhoods?

• They were required to by law under Jim Crow laws.

• They wanted to preserve their culture and find familiar support.

• They were paid more for living there.

• The U.S. government assigned them specific housing.

Sort the following as a “Push Factor” or “Pull Factor” for immigration:

Groups:

(a) Push Factor

,

(b) Pull Factor

• Factory Jobs

• Religious Persecution

• Overpopulation

• Gold Rush

Arrange these immigration-related events in order:

• Chinese Exclusion Act

• Great Migration Begins

• Immigration Act of 1924

What was the main goal of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882?

• To encourage immigration from China

• To provide special protections for Asian workers

• To increase economic competition

• To limit Chinese laborers from entering the U.S.

“That the master of any vessel who shall knowingly bring within the United States on such vessel, and land or permit to be landed, any Chinese laborer, from any foreign port or place, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars for each and every such Chinese laborer so brought, and may be also imprisoned for a term not exceeding one year.”

What does the excerpt suggest was a key reason for the law?

• To encourage diversity in the U.S. workforce

• To eliminate economic competition between businesses

• To increase the population of Chinese immigrants

• To protect factory jobs for native-born workers

What did nativists believe about immigrants?

• They strengthened American culture

• They took jobs from native-born Americans

• They were the main supporters of political machines

• They deserved more government assistance

Match each key term with its definition:

• Nativism

• Belief that native-born Americans were superior to immigrants

• Political Machine

• Powerful group controlling local politics

• Tammany Hall

• Overcrowded, unsanitary urban housing

• Tenement

• Most famous political machine in New York City