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A Nation of Immigrants
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8th Grade Social Studies Study Guide
Unit 4-A Nation of Immigrants
Important People, Terms, and Places (know what it is and its significance)
Old Immigrants
New Immigrants
Ellis Island
Angel Island
Steerage
Ghettos
Assimilation
Nativists
Chinese Exclusion Act
Gentlemen’s Agreement
Quota System
Potato Famine
Push Factors
Pull Factors
Ethnic
Discrimination
You should be able to write an essay discussing the following:
- Compare and contrast the old and new immigrants
- The immigrant experience coming to and living in America
- The Nativist movement and efforts to keep immigrants out of America
- Compare the problems immigrants of the 1800s faced with the problems that today’s immigrants face
- Compare the efforts of the nativists in the 1800s with modern anti-immigration proponents.
Important Dates to Remember
1846 – Irish Potato famine
1862 – The Homestead Act encourages naturalization
1882 – The Chinese Exclusion Act
1891 – Bureau of Immigration is Established
1892 – Ellis Island Replaces Castle garden as immigrant processing center
1907 – The Gentlemen’s Agreement
1924 – National Origins Act establishes a discriminatory quota system