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Many members of the English the break with the Catholic Church kept younger sons from
gentry became willing to having secure professional futures within the Church.
emigrate to the American
colonies after
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Most had little knowledge of English, so they commanded only
the lowest paying jobs, Most had little education, Most remained
Which was true for most
close to the cities where they had landed - the East Coast's large
immigrants to America?
cities, They usually had little or no understanding of American
culture.
the agricultural products and domestic animals that crossed from
European civilizations to the New World and from the New
World to Europe, the introduction of European diseases to
The Columbian Exchange refers
Native Americans, such as syphilis, the decimation of native
to
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 sought quick profits and were dissuaded by clashes with Indians,
settlement of North America believing that it would not be worth the investment to establish
mainly because the Spanish permanent colonies.
By 1860, the foreign-born of the one-fifth
North comprised about ____ of
the U.S. population.
The tenement buildings in which violent crime.
immigrants often lived
frequently lacked all of the
following, except
, About how many Irish one million
immigrated to America to
escape the terrible potato
famine of the 1840s in Ireland?
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New York City became migration from Europe and from the countryside combined to
America's largest city in the make the city's population reach 814,000 by 1860.
1800s because
Between 1660 and 1700, North The non-native population grew from about 70,000 to about one
America changed in which of million.
the following ways?
Which of these was not a major American advertisements placed in Western European
reason for immigration to newspapers.
America in the late 1800s and
early 1900s?
How did Americans respond to Many people formulated a new racial and ethnic identity about
the influx of immigrants in the what it meant to be an American that differentiated them as
mid nineteenth century? better than most immigrants.
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Which of the following The harsh winter of 1609-1610 did not affect the supply of food in
statements was not true of the colony.
Jamestown?
Immigration to America Congress passed laws establishing quotas for immigrants based
changed a great deal during the on their home country.
1920s, as
Between 1880 and 1920, 25 million
approximately ____ people came
to America from other countries.
Which of the following was not The increasing population density in Europe made the acquisition
one of the reasons for of new land for farming and permanent settlement in North
Europeans' desire to explore America a necessity.
lands overseas in the 16th
century?
Northern newspapers usually they were usually financed by specific political parties.
exhibited strong political
partisanship, because
Which of the following was not Socialism was limited to the Northeast.
true of the Red Scare that hit
America after the Communist
takeover in Russia?
The term "Americanization" the notion that immigrants should leave behind the ways of the
referred to old world and blend into American culture.
Which of the following is the Although African slaves did not make up a huge percentage of
most accurate statement new arrivals in colonial North America, they profoundly changed
regarding Africans and the labor, social, and cultural relations.
North American slave trade
from the 16th to the 18th
century?