U.S. History Reading Guide 6.1

some native-born Americans feared that the influx of____________ into the mostly Protestant United States.

catholics

Many immigrants moved to avoid forced _____________, which in some nations could last for many years.

military service

Jews living in Russia and the Austro - Hungarian Empire came to the United States to avoid _____________.

religious persecution

Most immigrants booked passage in _____________, the cheapest accommodations on a steamship.

steerage

The _____________ in china caused such death and suffering that thousands of Chinese left for the United States.

the Taiping Rebellion

In the mid-1800s, the population of China was approximately _____________.

430 million

in January 1910, California opened a barracks on _____________ to accommodate the Asian immigrants.

Angel Island

In the late 1800s, anti-immigrant feelings were largely directed against _____________,_____________, and _____________.

Asians, Jews, Eastern Europeans

How well immigrants adjusted depended partly on how quickly they learned _____________ and adapted to American _____________.

English, culture

By the 1890s, more than half of all immigrants in the United States were from _____________ and _____________ Europe.

eastern, southern

The Workingman's Party of California was organized to _____________.

fight Chinese immigration

Many ______ also opposed immigration arguing that immigrants would work for low wages or accept work as _____________.

labor unions, strike breakers