WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
IMMIGRATION IN INDUSTRIAL AMERICA
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anti-Catholicism.
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cultural prejudice.
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overcrowding on the West Coast.
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resistance to formal immigration policies.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The most likely reason that Angel Island was not welcoming to Chinese immigrants was a result of. anti-Catholicism.
Detailed explanation-2: -"Old” immigrants came for economic reasons, while “new” immigrants came looking for religious freedom. “Old” immigrants were primarily Catholic, while many “new” immigrants were Jewish or Protestant. “Old” immigrants came from Northern and Western Europe, while “new“ immigrants came from Southern and Eastern Europe.
Detailed explanation-3: -What was one unintended consequence of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882? Many single-crop ranches in California struggled economically.
Detailed explanation-4: -What difficulty did both Chinese and Japanese immigrants face when trying to pass through immigration stations in the late 1800s and early 1900s? Chinese and Japanese immigrants were restricted by law from entering the United States.
Detailed explanation-5: -Push factors encourage people to leave their points of origin and settle elsewhere, while pull factors attract migrants to new areas. For example, high unemployment is a common push factor, while an abundance of jobs is an effective pull factor.