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UNITED STATES HISTORY UNIT 5 – WESTWARD EXPANSION, INDUSTRY, AND IMMIGRATION

Mr. Hokanson (Week 3 April 20-24 & Week 4 April 27-May 1) DUE BY MAY 1st…

IMMIGRATION Pull Factors – Causes someone to move to some place. (1. A pull factor in immigration is something that…)

• Available land (2. Pull factors that caused people to want to move to the United States include a better life, religious freedom, and…)
• Better life
• Religious freedom
  IMMIGRANTS 1880-1920 This group of immigrants was more diverse Countries
• Italy
• Ireland
• Eastern Europe
• China
• Mexico
  Reasons
• Jobs
• Land
• Religious Freedom
  IMMIGRATION
• Jews came to the US from Eastern Europe mainly to escape religious persecution. (4. Most Jews came to the United States to escape religious persecution in…) Job opportunities attracted people to America’s rapidly growing cities in the 1800s. (3. Job opportunities attracted people to America’s rapidly growing _____ in the 1800s.)
• Most Eastern European immigrants entered the US through Ellis Island. (9. Most Eastern European immigrants entered the US through…)
• Immigration created a melting pot of blended cultures, & some say cultures were more of a salad bowl existing side by side. (10. Some say that immigrants to the United States created a blending of cultures called…)
  ANTI-IMMIGRATION
• Many immigrants returned to their native country.
• Some immigrants refused to practice native traditions to fit in.
• Often immigrants lived in ethnic neighborhoods where they felt accepted.
• The US responded to anti-immigration feelings by establishing immigration quotas. (5. The US responded to anti-immigration feelings by establishing immigration _____.)SUMMARY IMMIGRATIONWhy did people come to the United States of America?
• New immigrants began to arrive in the late 1800s, seeking opportunities in the United States.
• New immigrants arrived from Greece, Russia, Hungary, Italy, Turkey, and Poland in the mid 1880s.
• After 1900, immigration from Mexico, China, and Japan increased. (8. After 1900, immigration from Mexico, China, and Japan…)
• People emigrated from their native countries for a variety of reasons (push factors), including: overcrowding; poverty; scarc e jobs; crop failures; persecution against certain ethnic groups; & the opportunity for a better life. (6. People emigrated from their native countries for a poverty; scarce jobs; crop failures; and variety of reasons (push factors), including: overcrowding;)
• Immigrants adjusted to life in America, finding work, forming communities, and adapting to a new culture. (7. Immigrants adjusted to life in America by…)
• Some people opposed immigration, while others appreciated the positive contributions made by immigrants.
• Immigrants and others flooded to American cities, where extremes of poverty and wealth existed.
• Growing cities suffered from health and sanitation problems, poverty, fire, and crime. (15. As more people moved to U.S. cities, especially immigrants, people in cities suffered from increased sanitation problems, crime, fire, and…)
• Immigrant farmers on the Great Plains faced challenges like giant locust swarms that ate all of their crops! (13. For a time, immigrants in the Great Plains faced massive “clouds” of what that ate their crops?)***11. What is the name of the Indian Reservation in Wyoming? – 12. As immigrants moved west, they often came in conflict with what group of people? – 14. The first immigrants and settlers to the Great Plains built what type of houses? These questions are from last week’s lesson – see the Lesson 1 feedback sheet attached to Lesson 2!