chapter 4 lesson 1 intro

Many immigrants came to the United States in part to escape from poverty and

Europe's class system

Factor that caused an increase in Chinese immigration

Taiping Rebellion

At the end of the nineteenth century, immigrants made up a significant percentage of some of the country's largest

cities

An extreme dislike for foreigners by native-born people

nativism

An anti-immigrant organization

American Protective Association

Location of a barracks in California to accommodate immigrants from Asia

Angel Island

What law prevented Chinese immigrants already in the United States from becoming citizens?

Chinese exclusion act

The vast majority of immigrants arriving on the East Coast passed through a processing center located where?

Ellis Island

Ethnic neighborhood in New York City

Little Italy

By the 1890s, more than half of all immigrants in the United States were

eastern and southern europeans