cities , immigrants and farmers

- What were some of the push and pull factors that led people to urbanize?

- poverty, unemployment, and lack of basic services

- What new problems arose in cities?

- Congestion, pollution, higher crime rates, increased political Machines on organization usually

- What is a political machine?

political Machinesion on organization usually controlled by a strong leader

How did corrupt politicians affect cities?

political machines lent money provided jobs

What kind of immigrants made up "old immigrants"?

Those who came before 180-generally came to escape religious and political persecution

What kind of immigrants made up the term "new immigrants"?

Immigrants who arrived in the United states primarily between the 180 and the lagos

What factors pulled immigrants to the US?

Came to escape religious or political persecution

Where did "new iinmigrants" settle when they arrived in the U.S?

New Immigrants settled in the cities of the Northeast and Midwest.

How did "ghettos" bring familiarity to immigrants?

immigrants usually settled down merton neighborhoods with other immigrants of the same nationality known to historians as "ghettos"

Within immigrant families, who was the first to become "Americanized"?

The children of the immigrants, and not that im. migrants themselves, who were the first to becom

What were some issues that arose with "Americanization"?

Often resulted in the less or marganotion of migrant cultures and traditions

What led to the increase in Chinese immigration?

there is little evidence of chinese immigration to the United states before the discovery of g

How were Chinese immigrants discriminated against?

exclusionary laws

What was the Chinese Exclusion Act?

In 1882.Congress then passed the chinese Exclusion Act.

How did it change over time?

This law placed a ban on the immigration of Chinese skilled

What kind of jobs did the first Japanese immigrants have?

The first Japanese immigrants provided a source of cheap labor, working on farms.

What was the Gentlemen's Agreement?

The Japanese goverment agreed to preventmend

What is nativism?

belief that native-born Americans were superior to others

What led to nativists ideas?

Nactivists looked at other races, religions and nationalities as inferior.