1. Chapter 15 Section 2
People on the Move

2. Pogrom
Violent massacres of Jews
Sweeping through Russia

3. How did pogroms affect life for Jews in Russia?
Pogroms made life very dangerous for Russian Jews
Jews were restricted to living in certain designated areas and were denied access to many professions and trades
The U.S. offered religious freedom and an opportunity to build a new life

4. Steerage
A large open area beneath a ship’s deck

5. Describe conditions in the steerage section of a ship
Overcrowded
Limited toilet facilities
No privacy
Poor food
But tickets were cheap…

6. Why do you think only steerage passengers were required to pass through Ellis Island, instead of all passengers?
To try to prevent the entry of “less desirable” foreigners into the U.S.
Those unwilling to work
The uneducated
Those with disease
Criminals

7. Quarantine A time of isolation to prevent the spread of disease
Immigrants had to undergo an exam- those with illnesses would be quarantined or deported

8. Ghetto Areas in which one ethnic group or racial group dominated
Many new immigrants chose to live near others of their ethnic group
Ghettos would strongly reflect the culture of their homeland

9. Restrictive Covenant
Agreements among home owners no to sell real estate to certain groups of people
These would prevent several minorities from buying homes in better neighborhoods

10. Chinese Exclusion Act
1882
Prohibited Chinese laborers from entering the United States
It did not prevent entry by those who had previously established residence in the U.S.

11. Gentlemen’s Agreement
Not an official government document
Compromise
San Francisco schools would stop discriminating against Asian students
Japan would stop issuing passports to laborers

12. What were the shared goals of the Chinese Exclusion Act and the Gentlemen’s Agreement?
To limit further Asian immigration into the U.S.
To keep Asians out of the American labor force

13. Alien
Noncitizens

14. Why did immigrants leave Mexico for the United States between 1910 and 1920?
Turmoil in their own country encouraged them to leave
More opportunity in the United States (new irrigation technology in the southwest U.S. turned deserts into fertile farmland)