Ch 7, Sec 1 The New Immigrants

1.Between 1870 and 1920, approximately how many Europeans arrived in the United States? About 20,000, Prior to 1890, most immigrants to the U.S. came from where? Western and Northern Europe

3. During the 1890s, however, more immigrants began arriving from where? Southern and Eastern Europe 4. In 1907, about how many total people arrived from Italy, Austria-Hungary, and Russia combined? About 1 million

5. From 1800 to 1900, what happened to Europe’s population? It doubled in size to a population of around 400 million 6. Thus, in parts of Europe, what was increasingly scarce for farmers? Land

7. The lack of land in Europe gave many Europeans the motive to do what? Leave their native countries and immigrate into the United States, a place with lots of available land in the late 1800s and early 1900s 8. The U.S. West Coast, in the late 1800s and early 1900s, experienced a significant amount of what kind of immigrants? Asians, particularly Chinese and Japanese

9. From 1880 to 1920, about 260,000 immigrants came to the Eastern and Southeastern U.S. from where? West Indies (Caribbean) 10. In the early 1900s, particularly during the Mexican Revolution, about how many Mexicans immigrated into the U.S.? About 700,000 About 7% of the Mexican Population Oh yeah…about this time Mitt Romney’s grandfather brought in his family from Mexico to the U.S. to escape from the Mexican Revolution. Mitt’s father was born in Mexico.

11. By the 1870s, most immigrants to the U.S. came by what? Steamship 12. Many of the immigrants who arrived on the East Coast of the U.S. were processed through what facility? Ellis Island in New York Harbor

13. From about 1892 to 1924, about how many immigrants passed through Ellis Island? About 17 million people