New Waves of Immigration

Question 1

In the mid-1800s, most immigrants came to the United States from

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Ireland and Germany.

Question 2

“New” immigrants in the 1800s tended to be Catholic or Jewish, but most “old” immigrants were

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primarily Protestant.

Question 3

Which group of immigrants came to the US in the 1800s to escape economic and political unrest?

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Germans

Question 4

What was a similarity between the "old" and "new" waves of immigration in the 1800s?

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Immigrants from both periods established their own neighborhoods in major American cities.

Question 5

Look at the circle graph, which describes the foreign-born (immigrant) population in the US in 1910.The US immigrant population in 1910 was

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more culturally diverse than in the 1800s.

Question 6

In the 1800s, both “old” and “new” immigrants to the United States faced hostility because of

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differences in culture and language.

Question 7

What was a major reason that people immigrated to America in the 1600s?

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to escape religious persecution in their native country

Question 8

Most “old” immigrants to the United States came from Western Europe, but most “new” immigrants came from

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Southern and Eastern Europe.

Question 9

Most people who came to what is now the United States between 1600 and 1800 were called

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colonists.

Question 10

Look at the map below. Immigrant population from selected countries in 1900:According to the map, in the early 1900s,

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the United States became a more diverse nation.

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