American History - Immigration

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Across
  1. 4. , What mode of transportation shortened the journey to the US?
  2. 7. , The purpose of Social ______ was to justify racial inequality through the use of science.
  3. 8. , According to Henry Cabot Lodge immigrants were lowering _______.
  4. 11. , Joseph and Shannon worked at a _____ factory.
  5. 12. , Between 1870 - 1920s many immigrants came from _______ or peasant backgrounds.
  6. 15. , The Immigration Act of 1892 allowed authorities to reject immigrants who had _____ records.
  7. 16. , In "US vs Wong Kim" court case the court rule that American born Chinese were entitled to citizenship under the _________ Amendment.
  8. 18. , First requirement from Rena Atchison that immigrants must be _______ at least in their own language.
  9. 19. , Joseph took up this sport that was very popular during the 19th century.
  10. 21. , White Anglo Saxon ____________
  11. 22. , Political machines went after these people.
  12. 27. , Many Chinese workers found a job working on the _______, including Joseph in the movie.
  13. 28. , Is the term for improving the human species by creating desirable hereditary traits.
  14. 29. , Many Irish came to the US in the 1850s because of the _____ famine.
  15. 30. , Many German immigrants moved to this region of the US.
  16. 32. , Joseph made _____ dollars his first night of boxing.
  17. 33. , The Chinese _________ Act restricted immigration from China.
  18. 35. , These apartment-like homes often doubled as workspaces.
Down
  1. 1. , Getting money or advantages in dishonest ways.
  2. 2. , A term that refers to hostility toward immigrants by native-born people.
  3. 3. , The largest city during this time period.
  4. 5. , In return for helping immigrants, political machines would have them _____ for that group's candidates.
  5. 6. , This Christian religion was looked down upon for fear of followers listening to the Pope.
  6. 9. , Herbert ___________ coined the term "survival of the fittest."
  7. 10. , New York's Tammany Hall was dominated by what political party?
  8. 13. , World War _____ spurred laws that would limit immigration.
  9. 14. , By 1920 _____% lived in American cities.
  10. 15. , The second largest city during this time period.
  11. 17. , Joseph & Shannon arrived in what US city?
  12. 20. , What city did the Chinese arrive in during the 1850s?
  13. 23. , Most Chinese immigrants were ___.
  14. 24. , This is a term that means in inability to read or write; uneducated.
  15. 25. , The ________________Act lured many immigrants to America in hopes of cheap land.
  16. 26. , _______ were escaping from Turkey.
  17. 31. , The _____________Revolution created a high demand for jobs.
  18. 32. , Between 1840 until 1914 _____ came to the US.
  19. 34. , ____ came from Eastern Europe & Russia to escape pogroms.