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Ege Demirelli
Chapter 13 Section 1
“Immigration”
(Pages 350-356)
1. Why did the urban population explode in the US in the late 1800s?
Immigrants came to the US to look for work
2. The “Old Immigrants” to the US were from where? Europe, North
3. How many immigrants came from Italy? 11,657,533
4. When was the Chinese exclusion Act passed? 1882
5. Name three “push factors” that caused people to immigrate to the US.
Social class restriction, cholera epidemic, unemployment, religious oppression.
6. Name three “pull factors.
Better jobs, higher standards of living and free from diseases
7. Name two reasons that the Chinese immigrated to the US at this time.
To escape Civil War and poverty
8. Which two states had the highest number of Irish immigrants? New York, Massachusetts
9. Besides looking for work, why did many Europeans come to the US?
To escape social class restrictions
10. Why did many Italians come?
Cholera and high rant
11. Why did Jews immigrate?