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CHAPTER 20 SECTION 1A LAND OF PROMISE
Amanda Commodari, Clare Fieden, Tira Mercadante
PUSH FACTORS Conditions that drive people to leave their homes In Eastern Europe, political and religious persecution pushed
many people to leave. New farming machines caused farmers to lose jobs. Many immigrants were small farmworkers or landless
farmworkers. In Russia and elsewhere, a person who criticized government
faced jail or exile. A revolution in Mexico acted as a push factor and caused
people to cross the boarder.
PULL FACTORS Conditions that affect them to new areas The promise of freedom and hopes for a better life attracted
poor and oppressed people from Europe, Asia, and Latin America.
Freedom and hopes for a better life attracted immigrants. Industries provided immigrants with job opportunities.
ETHNIC GROUP
A group of people who share a common culture There were many different neighborhoods across the
United States: Italian, Irish, Polish, Hungarian, German, Jewish, and Chinese
Within these ethnic neighborhoods, newcomers spoke their own language and celebrated special holidays with foods prepared as in the old country.
ASSIMILATION
The process of becoming apart of another culture Children assimilated easier than their parents because
they learned English in school and heard others use the language.
Because children wanted to be seen as Americans, they gave up traditions their parents honored.
Immigrant parents felt both pride and pain as they saw their children change.
IMMIGRANTS
People who enter a country in order to settle there Immigrants could only afford the cheapest berths. (ships) Diseases were in tight quarters People saw the Statue of Liberty when they got to New
York Harbor. Ellis Island is where ships entered New York Harbor Doctors checked all of the immigrants for diseases
CHANGING PATTERNS OF IMMIGRANTS “Old immigrants”- English, Irish, German, and
Scandinavian immigrants who helped build the cities In the late 1800’s, the patterns of immigration changed.
STATUE OF LIBERTY IN NEW YORK Welcome symbol for New York Symbol of hope and freedom Gift from France Honors The Declaration of Independence Lazarus wrote a poem called “The New Colossus”
- carved at the bottom of statue
FINDING JOBS
The newcomers soon set off to find work. European Peasants living on the land had little need for
money, but it took cash to survive in the United States. Through friends, relatives, and employment agencies, the
new arrivals found jobs.