Immigrants Seek Better lives | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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History Grade 10

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1. In the early 1900s, immigrants arrive at _________, New York Harbor.

Ellis Island

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2. Immigration has been a _____________-- in American history.

central theme

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3. The contributions of immigrants, combined with the existing culture, helped shape American culture into a _________ and unique whole.

3. The contributions of immigrants, combined with the existing culture, helped shape American culture into a diverse and unique whole.

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4. Until the 1870s, the majority of the immigrants had been ___________--.

Protestants

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5. Immigrants had always come to America for ____________- and _____________-.

economic opportunity, religious freedom

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6. The region shows the greatest increase in immigration during the twentieth Century is _____________.

Southern and Eastern Europe

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7. Beginning in the 1840s, _________-and ___________-experienced repeated wars and political revolutions.

China , Eastern Europe

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8. One of the largest groups to settle in America were _________ and eastern European Jews.

Russian

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9. __________ are those that draw people to a new place.

Pull factors

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10. ___________ are those that compel people to leave their homes, such as famine, war, or persecution.

Push factors

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11. Some Americans had prejudices against __________.

Catholics

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12. “New” immigrants were often _____________- and likely to settle in cities rather than on farms.

Catholic or Jewish,

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