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
