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What was an important pull factor that drew European immigrants to the United States after the Civil War?

The idea of life in a free and democratic society was one of the greatest pull factors for European immigrants.

What push factors caused immigrants to leave Europe?

- Population growth and hunger were two major push factors that caused Europeans to emigrate, or leave their homeland.

- Another push factor at the time the scarcity of arable land, or land suitable for growing crops.

- The fourth major push factor was religious persecution.

- American letters, sent back home exaggerated the benefits of living in the US.

Describe the experience for immigrants living in steerage?

Those coming to America who could not afford a cabin, traveled in steerage. Steerage is the open area below the main deck. They slept in huge rooms on metal bunks.They suffered through the stretch of seasickness, spoiled food, and filthy toilets.

Upon arriving by ship in New York Harbor, who was required to go through immigration inspections at Ellis Island?

Steerage passengers were required to go through examinations on Ellis Island. The first and second class passengers had a brief on board examination before disembarking a that hudson river piers.

Describe the experience of most immigrants going through Ellis Island?

Immigrants went through medical and legal examinations. Those that failed could be deported. Many were treated for medical conditions and allowed entry. According to the Foran Act, it was illegal for US employers to import foreign labor as contact workers. This was to prevent the hiring of immigrants to replace striking workers.

Describe the life in the United States for European immigrants.

Most live in the urban areas because that is where the hob are located. They lived in cheapest and least desirable housing. Immigrants tended to live close to those from their home country.

What was the difference between immigrant aid societies and settlement Houses?

Immigrants aid society, ethnic organizations that began as a neighborhood social groups and usually "passed a hat" for families in need. A settlement house was a community center that provided a variety of services to the poor, especially to immigrants, including daytime care for children as well as classes, health clinics, and recreational opportunities for the entire community.

What was a political boss?

Political bosses were in a position to provide jobs and social services to immigrants in exchange for the political support of immigrants who could vote

Which group passed laws to decrease the number of immigrants coming to America? Why did they do this?

Americanizations (patriotic organization) and nativist oppose immigrants and the different cultures brought in by immigrants. In 1894 a group of nativists founded the Immigration REstriction League which desired to limit immigrants by requiring a new arrivals to take a literacy test. No such bill wa made into law. However, in the 1920s, Congress established quotes restricting the flow of European immigrants into the US.
These actions reflected the fear of religious and cultural difference held by some Americans. Some Americans felt that the new immigrants were taking American jobs and lowering wages.

Describe Chinese immigration.m

The vast majority of Chinese immigrants were men whom streamed into California, mainly through the port of San Francisco. They worked as a contract labor on sugar plantations in Hawaii. They then came to California to work on farms because the Chinese would do the "stoop labor." ?businesses hired Chinese workers for less than they would pay white workers.

Why did Congress make it illegal for U.S. employers to hire contract laborers? What was the purpose of the Chinese Exclusion Act?

Congress bowed to the demands of nativists and passed The Chinese Exclusion Act which prohibited immigration of Chinese laborers for 10 years, prevented Chinese already in the country from becoming citizens/ The purpose of the law was to reduce the number of Chinese in the US. This was the first Congress restricted immigration based on nationality or race.

Describes the experience of immigrants landing at Angel Island.

Angel Island was designed to enforce the Exclusion Act. Isolated the immigrants from friends and family on the mainland. Like the immigrants on Ellis Island, the Asian immigrants went through medical and legal examinations. They were often detained for weeks or months in crowded, unsanitary living quarters. About 10% of the immigrants were sent back home.

How did the immigration station at Angel Island differ from the one at Ellis Island?

Ellis Island of the West was designed to enforce the exclusion act both by keeping new Chinese arrivals isolated from friends and relatives on the mainland, and by preventing them from escaping.

Chinese detained at Angel Island stayed locked in wooden barracks. These living quarters were crowded and unsanitary.

Describe the Mexican immigrants that entered the United States from the South.

They usually come from agricultural jobs. They settled mostly in the southwest.They came to the Us to escape poverty ( They made higher wages in the US) and civil unrest (Mexican REvolution.) they faced discrimination.

What was the government's view of French Canadians in the quote below?

They were viewed as the Chinese of the easter states. They were Catholic and spoke a different language. Nativists feared that they would not assimilate to the American culture or traditions.

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Where were the major immigration stations in the United States located?

Most immigrants entered the United States through New York Harbor, although there were other ports of entry in cities such as Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, San Francisco, and New Orleans.

What were the two major immigration stations and where were they located?

Image: Ellis Island, New York, 2019. Image: Angel Island, California, 2021. The U.S. Public Health Service was responsible for the inspection and/or treatment of over 13 million immigrants at Ellis Island and Angel Island – the two largest immigration ports on either coast.

What was the main immigration station in the United States called?

While often called the Ellis Island of the West, the U.S. Immigration Station, was in fact quite different. Arrivals at Ellis Island were welcomed to this country by the near by Statue of Liberty and screened primarily for medical reasons leaving an average of 2-3 hours of arriving.

What were the immigration stations on the East coast?

Ellis Island is a historical site that opened in 1892 as an immigration station, a purpose it served for more than 60 years until it closed in 1954. Located at the mouth of Hudson River between New York and New Jersey, Ellis Island saw millions of newly arrived immigrants pass through its doors.