Ch 14.1 Guided Reading

Name: _________________________________________________ Date: __________ Hr: ________ Chapter 14.1 Guided Reading

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Those who came from Southern

and Eastern Europe were known

as: _________________________ 2. Those who came from Northern and Western Europe were known as:_________________________ 3. Besides helping settle the western frontier, what other ways did immigrants help? _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ ___ 4. By 1920 the foreign born population of the U.S. totaled more that ___________________ million out of a total U.S. population of ______________ million 5. What different religious traditions did New Immigrants bring in the U.S. A. _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ ___ 6. Why did new immigrants seem strange to many Americans? ________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ __ Saleh-Hernandez

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Name: _________________________________________________ Date: __________ Hr: ________ 7. List the 5 reasons why many immigrants left their homeland a. ______________________________________________ b. ______________________________________________ c. ______________________________________________ d. ______________________________________________ e. ______________________________________________ 8. Which group was persecuted in Russia and in Eastern Europe? _______________________________ 9. Define scapegoats: __________________________________________________________________ 10.Which region in Russia were Jews forced to live? __________________________________________ 11.Define pogroms: ____________________________________________________________________ 12.Define steerage: ____________________________________________________________________ 13._____ out of every __________ immigrants sailed into the ____________ harbor. Many first land at __________ near the location of the statue of liberty 14.People who shared the same _____________, __________ and religion felt they belonged in the same _________________. These communities were often called ) ______________ 15.What was the motto of many immigrants? _____________________________________________

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