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Push Factor
factors that drive someone away from their home
Pull Factor
Factors that attract someone to immigrate to a particular area
Immigration
When people left their native lands and came to America to live
Ellis Island
where most immigrants were processed on the East Coast of the U.S.
Old Immigrants
Immigrants who came from Northern & Western Europe
New Immigrants
Immigrants from eastern & southern Europe or Asia
This group had a harder time assimilating to U.S. culture
New Immigrants
Assimilation
To adopt a new culture
Ethnic communities
neighborhoods of people from the same nationality (Little Italy & Chinatown)
Nativism
The movement to restrict immigration to the U.S.
Chinese Exclusion Act
Banned immigration from China from 1882-1943
Quota Laws
Put a fixed number (quota) on the amount of immigrants allowed into the U.S.
This group was more restricted due to the Immigration Quota Laws
New Immigrants
Name two nativist groups
KKK & "Know Nothings"
Name two push factors of the late 1800s/early 1900s
Religious persecution, famine, harsh government, war, no jobs
Name two pull factors of the late 1800s/early 1900s
Better life, job opportunities, industrial revolution, freedom, democracy
