Many members of the English gentry became willing to emigrate to the American colonies
after - ANSWER the break with the Catholic Church kept younger sons from having secure
professional futures within the Church.
Which was true for most immigrants to America? - ANSWER Most had little knowledge of
English, so they commanded only the lowest paying jobs, Most had little education, Most re-
mained close to the cities where they had landed - the East Coast's large cities, They usually
had little or no understanding of American culture.
The Columbian Exchange refers to - ANSWER the agricultural products and domestic ani-
mals that crossed from European civilizations to the New World and from the New World to
Europe, the introduction of European diseases to Native Americans, such as syphilis, the
decimation of native populations - by as much as two-thirds - from exposure to small pox
and other diseases that they had never been exposed to and had no immunities against.
Spain was not successful in its settlement of North America mainly because the Spanish -
ANSWER sought quick profits and were dissuaded by clashes with Indians, believing that
it would not be worth the investment to establish permanent colonies.
By 1860, the foreign-born of the North comprised about ____ of the U.S. population. - AN-
SWER one-fifth
The tenement buildings in which immigrants often lived frequently lacked all of the follow-
ing, except - ANSWER violent crime.
About how many Irish immigrated to America to escape the terrible potato famine of the
1840s in Ireland? - ANSWER one million
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after - ANSWER the break with the Catholic Church kept younger sons from having secure
professional futures within the Church.
Which was true for most immigrants to America? - ANSWER Most had little knowledge of
English, so they commanded only the lowest paying jobs, Most had little education, Most re-
mained close to the cities where they had landed - the East Coast's large cities, They usually
had little or no understanding of American culture.
The Columbian Exchange refers to - ANSWER the agricultural products and domestic ani-
mals that crossed from European civilizations to the New World and from the New World to
Europe, the introduction of European diseases to Native Americans, such as syphilis, the
decimation of native populations - by as much as two-thirds - from exposure to small pox
and other diseases that they had never been exposed to and had no immunities against.
Spain was not successful in its settlement of North America mainly because the Spanish -
ANSWER sought quick profits and were dissuaded by clashes with Indians, believing that
it would not be worth the investment to establish permanent colonies.
By 1860, the foreign-born of the North comprised about ____ of the U.S. population. - AN-
SWER one-fifth
The tenement buildings in which immigrants often lived frequently lacked all of the follow-
ing, except - ANSWER violent crime.
About how many Irish immigrated to America to escape the terrible potato famine of the
1840s in Ireland? - ANSWER one million
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