Old Immigration
One reason why Jews immigrated to the United States.
Ellis Island
Reason for immigration
runners
New Immigration
Great Hall, Ellis Island
assimilation
Immigration Act of 1917
Nativism
Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907
American Protection Society and Immigration Restriction Associate
New Immigration job opportunities
Old Immigration job opportunities
Angel Island
Required immigrants to pass a literacy test in their native language,
poverty, starvation
People who were against immigration in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Southern and easter European immigrants (Italy, Greece, Russia and easter European Jews)
Anti-immigrant hate groups that were established in the 1890s
Northern and western European immigrants (England, Ireland, Germany, Scandinavia)
the ability to adapt and become part of another culture
Religious persecution
Building roads, laying railroad track, or building canals
people who cheated immigrants by overcharging them to carry their luggage or find them food and lodging
sweatshops, factories, and mines
Japan agreed to limit emigration to professional, skilled workers and the U.S. promised to desegregate San Francisco schools.
