History final exam: 1. Immigrants (1700s-1900s) 6/10

Many immigrants looked for religious freedom, economic opportunity, and to escape poverty or political unrest

Why did immigrants come to the US during the 1700s-early 1800s?

The Irish fled the 1840s famine because their potato crops failed, causing hunger and death. Many came to the US to survive

What is a major example of why immigrants left to come to the US during the 1700s- early 1800s?

Many immigrants settled in rural areas and helped expand the country westward

Where did immigrants settle and what was an outcome of this during the 1700s- early 1800s?

They built farms, towns, and early American communities

What did immigrants built during the 1700s- early 1800s?

Many fled poverty, persecution, or lack of land at home and were attracted to the industrial jobs and the promise of a better life in America

Why did immigrants fled to come to the US during the late 1800s-1900s?

Immigrants settled in urban areas and worked in factories, mines, railroads and steel mills in the city

Where did most immigrants settle during the late 1800s-1900s?

Immigrants often faced dangerous low paying jobs, long hours, crowded living conditions, and harsh treatment

How were immigrants treated during the late 1800s-1900s?

They faced discrimination and pressure to assimilate

What pressure did immigrants face during the late 1800s-1900s?

Their labor was vital to the rapid growth of industry, cities and American culture

How did immigrants contribute to the US during the late 1800s-1900s?

From the 1700s to early 1800s, immigrants mainly helped settle farmland

What impact did immigrants have during the 1700s- early 1800s?

During the Industrial Revolution, new immigrant groups powered America’s booming factories and cities, shaping the nation’s economy and culture

What impact did immigrants have during the late 1800s-1900s?

Irish immigrants came mainly in the mid 1800s, especially during the Great Famine (1845-1852)

When did Irish immigrants come to the US?

German unification (in the mid 1800s) caused political unrest, wars, and economic problems, which led many Germans to leave their homeland

What impact did German unification have on the Germans?

Northeast cities

Where did Irish immigrants settle?

German unification was when many small German states joined together to form Germany in 1871

What is German unification for immigrants?

They came to the US for freedom, land, and work, especially after the failed 1848 revolutions

Why did Germans come to the US?

Many Germans were political refugees from the 1848 revolutions and economic hardships

How were Germans political refugees when they came to the US?

Italian immigrants left due to economic depression and hardships after Italy’s unification in 1871

Why did Italian immigrants flee to the US?

Midwest

Where did Germans settle?

Many Germans wanted democracy, freedom and unity, but the revolutions failed and kings stayed in power

What is the 1848 revolutions in Germany?

Italy was divided, but leaders united it by 1871. Poverty, wars, and political unrest caused many Italians to move to the US

What is Italian unification for immigrants?

Economic hardship and poverty in Italy around 1900 drove many Italian immigrants to leave and start over in America

What impact did the Italian depression in 1900 have on immigrants?

They settled in industrial cities, often working tough industrial jobs

Where did Italian immigrants settle?

They fled in order to escape persecution and pogroms in Eastern Europe, seeking safety and freedom

Why did Jewish immigrants flee Eastern Europe?

Many dreamed of a Jewish homeland but first fled to America for refuge

Why did Jewish immigrants flee to America?

They left Poland due to famine and economic struggles under foreign due

Why did Polish immigrants flee Poland?

They settled in industrial cities to find work and support their families

Where did Polish immigrants settle and why?

Each group was pushed by crises like famine, political unrest, persecution, economic hardship and pulled by the promise of safety and work in America

Why did immigrants overall flee to the US?

A pogrom is a violent attack against a Jewish community, often supported or ignored by the government

What is a pogrom?

Jewish immigrants fled persecution and settled mostly in US cities often in poor neighborhoods and also worked in factories

Where did Jewish immigrants settle?

Poland faced poverty, food shortages, and land struggles in the 1800s, especially under harsh rule by Russia and Austria.

What is the Poland famine?

They settled in industrial cities to find work and support their families

Where did the Polish immigrants?

Urbanization is when lots of people move to cities, making them grow bigger

What is urbanization?

It happens when cities grow bigger because of jobs, industry, and housing, especially during times like the Second Industrial Revolution

How does urbanization happen?

Immigrants lived in crowded neighborhoods (tenements) with poor conditions

Where did immigrants live in the cities?

Immigrants moved to cities for factor jobs during the Second Industrial Revolution

Why did immigrants move to cities?

Immigrants fueled city growth by taking jobs and settling in urban areas during industrial times

How did immigrants play a part in urbanization?

Assimilation is when immigrants adapted to American culture and life

What is assimilation?