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Immigration test study guide

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Each year only 150,000 immigrants were allowed into the US. This was based on the percent of each nationalitythat already lived in the US
1924 national origins act (essay question)
Each year 290,000 immigrants were allowed into the US. This was based on the percentage of the world population
1965 immigration act
1) illegal immigrants could get schooling
2) they could get food stamps for food
3) they could get health care through medicare
Three benefits from the California proposition 187
1) long lines of people waiting
2) physical exams with no privacy
3) they were "tagged" as immigrants and everyone saw them that way
Three unpleasant things immigrants had to endure
People come to America from different countries but the ethnic groups blend together and become one. They lose their distinct identities and take on traits of other ethnic groups. They form their own American culture.
Why is America considered a "melting pot" (essay question)
The different ethnic groups mix together, but each group keeps its own identity. They don't take on the traits of other countries just like each ingredient in a salad bowl is mixed with the others, but still a separate ingredient. They accept and use American customs such as foods, clothing , holidays.
Why is America considered a "salad bowl" (essay question)
Some people marry people from a different ethnic group and so they merge into one. Other people don't intermarry and they keep their own traits and ways of doing things. America at this time was open to new ways and accepting the immigrants' ideas and ways, but the immigrants also took on many of America's customs.
Why could America's society be a combination of the "salad bowl" and "melting pot" theories
Poverty, war, disease, persecution, famine, unemployment
Push factors that caused immigrants to leave their own country
Society was salad bowl 1880 to 1920 because different groups came to America but kept their own customs, beliefs beliefs, habits. Today's society is a melting pot because everyone blends together, etc.
Which theory - salad bowl or melting pot applies to America's Society from 1880 to 1920 and why? Which applies to today's society why?
Food, jobs, land, education, religious freedom, political freedom, no wars
Pull factors that attracted immigrants to America
Germans, English, Irish, Netherlands
Old immigration waiver people who came to America before 1880
Polish, Italians, Russians, Latvia
New immigration wave people who came to America after 1880
Booker T Washington
Equal rights activist involved in education
Frederick Douglass
Founded a newspaper exposing the evils of slavery
William Dubois
Founded the NAACP
1990 California proposition 187
Dealt with whether or not illegal immigrants should get the same benefits as American citizens, such as schooling, food stamps, and Medicare
Italians(pasta,radio)
Irish(big city political groups)
Greeks(song)
Polish
Russians(orthodox catholicism)
Contributions that these ethnic groups gave to America
America lacked good transportation
At that time America did not have good housing for the immigrants
Schools are not able to take in the number of immigrants
There was a little or no healthcare for the immigrants
Working conditions were poor
Conditions are not always sanitary and clean
Problems for immigrants after they arrived in America
They lacked education
They were Catholic or Jewish
They did not know how to speak English
Reasons why immigrants from southern and eastern Europe faced discrimination in America
After the Civil War and slavery, African - Americans were discriminated against through the Jim Crow laws and persecuted by the Ku Klux Klan - KKK. Southern states passed the Jim Crow laws that related to African-Americans
KKK question
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