1. Chapter 15 “Politics, Immigration, and Urban Life”
Section 2 “People on the Move”

2. Vocabulary pogrom steerage quarantine ghetto restrictive covenant
Chinese Exclusion Act
Gentlemen's Agreement
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3. 1) What were the experiences of immigrants in the late 1800s and early 1900s?
Italy’s economy went into decline, many tenant farmers were poor
Russia: Jews left for religious freedom in the U.S.
Japanese treated better than Chinese (limited number of immigrants)
Most traveled by steerage, go through physical exams
Settled in communities

4. 2) What different challenges did immigrants from Europe, Asia, and Mexico face?
Europeans: At ports criminals tried to steal immigrants belongings, jobs hard to find, paid less, restrictive covenants
Asia: acceptance difficult, low wages, anti-Asian movements, Laws that restrict immigration
Mexico: difficult jobs at low wages, discrimination

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6. 3) Why did immigrants leave Mexico for the United States between 1910 and 1920?
escape civil war in Mexico Restriction acts resulted in Labor storages drew Mexicans to U.S.

7. 4) Why do you think only steerage passengers were required to pass through Ellis Island, instead of all passengers?
Steerage offered limited toilet facilities, no privacy, and poor food,
Results in poor hygiene, health, and spread of disease

8. Review Prepare your response Cards

9. What was steerage?
a. a government program that encouraged cattle farming
b. an early 1900s mechanical innovation that made the automobile possible
c. an open area beneath a ship's deck that provided cheap passage to a destination.
d. violent massacres of Russian Jews

10. c. an open area beneath a ship's deck that provided cheap passage to a destination.

11. A quarter of a million Chinese immigrants came to the United States to work
a. in Midwestern factories. C. for American railroad companies
b. on western farms. D. on cotton plantations

12. C. for American railroad companies

13. Many immigrants supported political machines because political machines
a. were free of corruption. C. fought against all discrimination
b. helped many immigrants find work. D. opposed the sale of alcohol

14. b. helped many immigrants find work.

15. Which of the following attracted many immigrants to the United States?
a. strong labor unions c. cheap, comfortable housing
b. free colleges d. job opportunities

16. d. job opportunities

17. True/False
Immigrants from around the globe were fleeing crop failures, shortages of land and jobs, rising taxes, and famine.

18. True

19. True/False
Until the 1880s, decisions about whom to allow into the country were left to the federal government, while the state governments regulated the granting of citizenship.

20. False

21. True/False
New opportunities were a “pull” factor that drew Mexican workers to America. Turmoil at home was a “push” factor that encouraged them to leave Mexico.

22. True