Europeans Flood into America

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

Religious Persecution

Most immigrants booked passage in ______________.

Steerage

The _____________ caused such death and suffering that thousands of Chinese left for the US.

Taiping revolution

California opened a barracks on _______________ to accommodate Russian immigrants.

Angel island

Some native born Americans feared the influx of _________.

Catholics

By the 1890s, more than half of all immigrants in the us were from_________ & __________ Europe.

Eastern & Southern

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

English and American culture

The workingman's party of California was organized to __________________

Fight Chinese immigration

Anti immigrant feelings were largely directed against ________ , ________ , _________.

Jews, Russians, Eastern Europeans

Many __________ also opposed immigration, arguing that immigrants would work for low wages or accept work as _________.

Labor unions, strike breakers

Many immigrants moved to avoid forced ___________.

Military Service


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