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