- Who was unfairly blamed for the economy crash in California in the 1870's?
- After the Chinese Exclusion Act was passed, what two countries did large-scale farm operations turn to for workers?
- What tactic did the Immigration Restriction League take to try to restrict immigration to the US?
- Besides mining and railroad construction, in what other industry did Chinese immigrants find employment in the United States?
- How did President Theodore Roosevelt intervene in the segregation of Asian children in San Francisco schools in 1906?
- What was the primary purpose of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882?
- How did this lead to a stricter immigration process for Asian immigrants at Angel Island than at Ellis Island?
- What was the term for the policy of favoring native-born Americans over new immigrants?
- Why did many farm owners in California begin bringing Chinese workers to work in their fields?
- How did urban immigrant neighborhoods in cities like Boston and New York present appealing aspects of life for immigrants in this new, unfamiliar land?
- How did urban immigrant neighborhoods in cities like Boston and New York present challenges of life for immigrants in this new, unfamiliar land?
- How did some Chinese immigrants manage to evade the Chinese Exclusion Act?
- What did Chinese workers refer to California as?
- How did the potato famine in Ireland impact Irish immigration to the United States?
- What continent did most immigrants to the United States come from in the late 19th century?
- How did the President respond to the Immigration Restriction League?
- How did improvements in transportation post-Civil War make immigration easier for Europeans?
- Why did poorer immigrants and unskilled workers such as the Irish, Italians, Polish, and Hungarian peasants flock mainly to US cities?
- Why were the medical examinations, especially the eye examination, dreaded by immigrants at Ellis Island?
- The conditions in steerage on the steamships that most Europeanimmigrants traveled on: