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Eastern and Southern
Between 1870 and 1920, about 20 million Europeans immigrated to the United States.
Many of them came from _______________ Europe.

religious
Many immigrants came to the United States to improve their economic situation (jobs), others came to experience greater freedoms (Bill of Rights), and some came to escape __________________ persecution.

East
Most Europeans arrived on the ___________ coast.

Chinese
A smaller number of immigrants came over from Asia.
They arrived on the West Coast.
About 200,000 came from ___________ between 1851 to 1883.

transcontinental railroad
Many Chinese came to help build the ______________.

Caribbean Sea
From 1880 to 1920, about 200,000 immigrants arrived from various islands in the ____________Sea.
They came from Jamaica, Cuba, Puerto Rico and other islands.
Many left their homelands because jobs were scarce.

Ellis Island in New York harbor
Many immigrants traveled to the United States by steamship.
Most European immigrants to the United States arrived at _____________________.

health issues or contagious disease
Many immigrants with ________________ were sent home.
Inspectors also made sure that immigrants met the legal requirements for entering the United States.

literacy tests
Many immigrants were expected to pass a _________________.

Angel Island
Asian immigrants arrived at ___________, a West coast immigration center in San Francisco.
The immigration process on the West coast was far more difficult than on the East coast.

melting pot
By the turn of the 20th century, many people referred to America as a _____________ because of its mix of people from many different cultures.

salad bowl
As many immigrants moved to neighborhoods where they could live amongst people from their native countries, America also acquired the nickname ________, due to its ethnic neighborhoods.

nativism
___________ was the idea that led to the rise of in anti-immigrants groups and a demand for immigration restriction.

Chinese
On the West Coast, prejudice against Asians was first directed at the ______________.

wages
Chinese would work for lower _____________
and therefore many nativists were angry because they felt jobs were being taken away from them .

Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, 1892, 1902 - 1943
1882 Act Excluding Chinese from immigrating to the U.S.

Japan
THIS country agreed to limit U.S. immigration.

Gentleman's Agreement
In San Francisco, the local school board put all Chinese, Japanese, and Korean children in special Asian schools.
This led to anti-American riots in Japan.
President Roosevelt worked out the ______________ in 1907-1908.

Push factors
Oppression, unemployment, poverty, overcrowding, war, famine, political turmoil, religious persecution, disease are all considered __________.
Pull factors
Jobs, Bill of Rights freedoms, new opportunities, land, reunited with family are all considered __________.