1. Unit 2 - immigration
In your notes section, create a vocab list from the reading. Define the following terms, and include the following information in each definition.
Word (write a brief definition for term; be sure to include actual definition if possible, as well as any other important contextual information)
GREAT MIGRATION
“Push” and “Pull” FACTORS
ELLIS ISLAND
ETHNIC ENCLAVE
AMERICAN PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION
CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT ; EMERGENCY QUOTA ACT; NATIONAL ORIGINS ACT

2. CORNELL NOTES – “The great migration and new European immigration”
THE AFRICAN AMERICAN “GREAT MIGRATION”
- What cities were the primary destinations of the large numbers of African Americans during the “Great Migration”?
- What were the various “push” and “pull” factors that played a role in the “Great Migration”?
- How did racism and a lack of formal education impact African Americans in the jobs they were able to secure in the North?
- What various forms of discrimination did African Americans experience in Northern cities in late 1800s?
- So why move to the North, given that the economic challenges they faced were similar to those that African Americans encountered in the South?
THE CHANGING NATURE OF EUROPEAN IMMIGRATION
- How did immigration patterns change in the late 1800s?
- In what ways did “New” immigrants differ from “old” immigrants?
- What were the various “push” and “pull” factors that played a role in the “new” European immigration?
- What are ethnic enclaves and why did many new immigrants choose to live there?
- What were the results of lobbying efforts of nativist groups such as the American Protective Association?