US Immigration

7. The ____ steam engine meant ships could bring people across the Atlantic much easier
10. White Anglo-Saxon Protestant
12. Ethnic and religious discrimination made it difficult for Irish immigrants to _____
14. came to the US in the 60s and 70s because of labour shortages in the US
15. Europeans came to the US because it was rich in ______
17. This word means choice (vilje)
19. The ____ Famine in Ireland forced many to seek a new life in America
20. This precious metal was discovered in California in 1848

1. The ___ Revolution made farming easier
2. The ___Act gave immigrants 160 acres of free land, provided they lived on the land for 5 years
3. The Chinese________ act outlawed Chinese immigration from 1882 until 1943
4. WWII led to an economic _____in the US
5. One of the groups of people from the third wave of US immigration
6. A period of economic hardship in the 1930s
8. US involvement in conflict in the 60s and 70s led to immigration from this Asian country
9. _____ made up the largest group to come to 'Golden Mountain'
11. Immigration to the USA has made it a country of contrasts and _______(mangfold)
13. A group of colonists that left the old country for religious reasons
16. Able to read and write
18. 'grense' (for example between Mexico and the US