Define "immigrant".
A person who comes to live in another country.
List 5 reasons people have moved to America over the past 400 years.
war, freedom to practice religion,escape from poverty, opportunity to work or own land
Explain why many immigrants came to America from Ireland.
The Irish Potato Famine caused nearly 20% for Ireland's population to move because of food shortage.
Why did many immigrants come from China, and what did the Chinese people do in America?
The Chinese people were experiencing drought and starvation; they found jobs helping build the railroad across America
How did immigrants help change America during the Industrial Revolution?
New technology and factories needed workers and immigrants filled the labor demands.
How many immigrants came to the U.S between 1882 and 1914?
About 20 million
What drastically changed the American ethnic and religious cultures?
many immigrants from eastern and southern Europe
Which countries in Eastern Europe were considered the "new immigrants"?
Hungary, Italy, Poland - and also Russia
