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Ch. 6 Immigration & Urbanization 1870-1920
Why did immigrants come to the US?
- Push-Pull Factors
- Famine
- Land shortages
- Religious or political persecutions
- War
- In debt or in trouble
- More opportunities ($$ and the American dream)
- Farming(homestead act), mining, working on the railroad, cattle ranching, factory work
Where did the immigrants come from?
- Mexico
- China
- India
- Philippines
- Dominican Republic
What issues did immigrants face on the trip over and once they got here?
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Why did some people want to put restrictions on immigration? What were those restrictions?
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