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Social Studies 8 Immigration

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Old Immigrant mines restricted melting pot

opportunity jobs immigrant undesirable

Gentlemen’s Agreement Italy Chinatown cheap land

skills and talents customs revolution American

write Chinese alien themselves

northern and western naturalization potato religious

build roads United States New Immigrant English

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(1) An _______________________________ is a person who entered a foreign country after leaving his homeland.

(2) Millions of immigrants came to the US looking for new _________________ and a higher standard of living.

(3) Many people wanted to escape ________________________ and political persecution in Europe.

(4) In the United States, newcomers found economic prosperity, democratic government, and _____________________________.

(5) More immigrants have come to the _____________________ than another country in the world.

(6) America became a “___________________________” in which the people and cultures of many countries blend together.

(7) At the time of the Revolutionary War, three out of every four Americans were descendants of ______________________ and Irish settlers.

(8) Fewer than _______________________ people came to the US between 1790 and 1840.

(9) But during the 1840’s and 1850’s, more than 4 million immigrants arrived, nearly all of them from countries located in ______________________________________.

(10) These newcomers from England, Ireland, Germany, and the Scandinavian countries regarded America as a “land of _______________________________.”

(11) Hundreds of thousands of Irish moved here as a result of the ___________________ famine during the years 1845-1847.

(12) An unsuccessful _______________________ in Germany in 1848 forced large numbers of people to flee for their lives.

(13) The Irish, Germans, and others from northern and western Europe who came to the US before 1870 made up what was known as the “____________________________________.”

(14) The millions of immigrants who poured into the US between 1870 and 1914 were primarily from __________________________ Europe.

(15) Most of these were from Austria-Hungary, Poland, Russia, Greece and _______________.

(16) This period of immigration from southern and eastern Europe after 1870 was called the “_____________________________________.”

(17) The immigrants helped dig canals, _________________________ and settle the West.

(18) They took jobs in mills, _______________________ and in factories.

(19) Because they were anxious to earn money, immigrants often agreed to work for low wages and took the hardest and most __________________________ jobs.

(20) For a long time people welcomed the immigrants to the US, but eventually many Americans thought that immigration should be _________________________________.

(21) There was a growing resentment of the newcomers because they kept wages down and look away jobs from ____________________________ workers.

(22) Instead of adopting American ways, many immigrants continued to speak their own language and follow their own ____________________________.

(23) They often lived apart in neighborhoods that had such nicknames as “Little Italy” and “__________________________.”

(24) The first laws to limit immigration, passed by Congress during the 1880’s kept out criminals, insane people, and individuals who were unable to care for _____________________________.

(25) The Oriental Exclusion Act halted _________________________ immigration during the 1880’s.

(26) Japanese immigration was reduced by the “________________________________” between the US and Japan in 1907, then ended entirely in 1921.

(27) Beginning in 1917, only people who could pass a ________________________________, which proved they could read and write, were allowed to enter the US.

(28) After World War One, the US government decided that the country’s _______________________

was growing fast enough without adding 1 million or more immigrants each year.

(29) Congress sharply reduced immigration by establishing a ____________________ that listed the number of people from each foreign country that could enter the US each year.

(30) The Immigrant Quota Act of 1921, National Origins Act of 1929 and McCarran-Walter Act of 1952 continued the quota system, but placed no limits on immigration from _________________.

(31) After World War Two, Congress passed the Displaced Persons Act and _____________________

in order to accept large numbers of people fleeing from war torn nations and Communist countries.

(32) The quota system was done away with in the 1960's and replaced with a new law which: (a) permitted 120,000 immigrants each year from the Western Hemisphere and 170,000 from other countries around the world. (b) Gave preference to refugees, people with special __________________________, and individuals with close relatives in the US.

(33) An immigrant who has not yet become and American citizen is called an/a __________________.

(34) The process by which an alien becomes a US citizen is called ___________________________.

(35) Among the many requirements for becoming a “naturalized citizen,” a person must live in the US for 5 years, show knowledge of US History and government, and be able to read, _________________, and speak English.

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