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Chapter 7-1: The New Immigranst

Key Terms:
 * Old Immigrants: most were protestants from northwestern Europe
 * New immigrants: were from Southern of eastern Europe
 * Steerage:travelers in the most poorest accommodations
 * Benevolent Societies:religious and nonreligious aid organizations that helped immigrants in case of sickness, unemployment, and death
 * Chinese Exclusion Act: congress passed act which denied citizenship to people born in China and prohibited the immigrants of Chinese labor
 * Immigration Restriction League: sought to impose a literacy test on all immigrants

Key People:
 * Denis Kearney: Irish immigrant Leader of the Party of California
 * Grover Cleveland: President vetoed Immigration Restriction League

Key Events: The Lure Of America Arriving in America A New Life The Nativist Response
 * between 1891 and 1910, some 12million immigrants arrived on U.s Shores, 60 percent of people in the nation's12 largest cities were foreign born or had foreign born parents
 * Most immigrants came to escape poverty or persecution
 * Most learned of available opportunities from railroad and steamship company promoters. companies also painted tempting and often false pictures of the U.S as a land of unlimited opportunity
 * Immigrants started off in the U.S on Ellis Island in New York Harbor or on Angel Island in San Francisco Bay where they were either passed through or turned away
 * It opened in 1892 all who passed through were subjected to a physical if had mental disorders, contagious diseases like tuberculosis, or other serious health problems were deported
 * those who passed went through long lines to be asked questions about background, job skills, and relatives
 * Life was better for most immigrants in U.S but they still faced hardships with homes with low payed wages
 * Neighborhood churches, synagogues, and temples provided community centers that helped immigrants maintain a sense of identity and belonging
 * Many Native born Americans saw immigrants as a threat and many saw them as too different to fit into American Society
 * Also thought their willingness to work cheaply robbed many native born Americans of jobs and lowered wages for all.