Immigration

What type of programs did settlement houses run to help immigrants adapt to their new country

Americanization programs

Immigrants from which area were excluded from the belief that American society was a "melting pot"

Asia

After 1882, which group experienced the most immigration difficulties

Chinese immigrants

What was a challenge faced by Chinese immigrants who arrived in San Francisco Bay?

Immigration officials assumed that Chinese travelers would misrepresent themselves to get into America

What was one effect of the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882

It prohibited immigration by Chinese laborers

In what way did the 1862 Homestead Act help pull immigrants to the United States

It provided immigrants with inexpensive farmland

What was a difference between the immigration centers at Ellis and Angel Island

Most immigrants left Ellis Island very quickly

Why did many new immigrants settle in cities

The could live in ethnic neighborhoods with people who shared their culture

What was a benefit immigrants received by living in ghettos

The ghettos were ethnic neighborhood that provided familiarity

What was a factor that made traveling in steerage a bad experience for many immigrants

The rapid spread of disease through crowded cabins

Why did the "new" immigrants represent a threat to nativist Americans?

Their cultures and languages were unfamiliar to nativist Americans

Why were the "new" immigrants unable to blend into American society as easily as the "old" immigrants who had come before them?

They did not practice the same religion as most Americans

Why did the wars and revolutions in China and eastern Europe lead to increased immigration to the United States?

They disrupted the lives of people in those regions

How did railroad companies help pull immigrants into the United States?

They gave immigrants the chance to buy inexpensive western farmland

What effect did immigrants' fraternal lodges and religious institutions have on their lives in America

They helped immigrants feel more comfortable in their new surroundings

After 1882, what did Chinese travelers processed at Angel Island have to prove in order to gain entry into the United States?

They were American citizens or had relatives living in America

What happened to immigrants from Europe who traveled to America in steerage

They were sent to Ellis Island to face legal and medical inspections

Why were processing stations on Ellis and Angel Island established

To verify eligibility for entry to the United States

What was the main push factor that led eastern European Jews to immigrate to the United States?

religious persecution

What was a difference between immigrants who arrived in the United States during the 1840s and 1850s and the "new" immigrants who began arriving in the 1870s?

the "new" immigrants were more likely to settle in cities