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History
8th Grade
04/23/2012

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New Immigrants
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old Immigrants are threatened by new Immigrants who came from southern and eastern Europe. most immigrants stayed in the steerage for many months
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steerage
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an area below a ships deck where steering mechanisms were located.
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immigrant neighborhoods
Definition
were rich with their ancestral culture
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benevolent societies
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these aid organization offered immigrants help in cases of sickness, unemployment, and death
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adjusting to new life
Definition
immigrants encouraged their children to drop old costumes and live like an american
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immigrant workers
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immigrant workers did not have enough money to buy land and farm so most settled down in cities to work in factories.
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Mexican immigrants
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large numbers were arriving after the Mexican-American war must settled in south-west
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opposition to immigration
Definition
Chinese Exclusion act and other hateful things were created during these times
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Chinese Exclusion Act
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banning Chinese to immigrate for 10 years
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