Identify and compare the characteristics of the "old immigrants" and "new immigrants."
What will be an ideal response?
Many students will note that some people thought that "new immigrants" were undesirable. The arrival of significant numbers of "new immigrants" after 1890 coincided with the wave of sentiment that glorified Anglo-Saxons, of whom the majority of the "old immigrant" group was made up. The "old immigrants," all of whom were English-speaking and Protestant, were alarmed at the arrival of so many immigrants from eastern and southern Europe, who were either Catholics or Jews and spoke no English.
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b. Arabs against Ottomans. c. Zanzibar against Germany. d. Armenia against Ottomans. e. Galicia against Russia.
Mid-nineteenth-century Irish immigrants tended to be all of the following, except
A) ?wealthy. B) ?Catholic. C) ?unskilled. D) ?young. E) ?single.
Between 1650 and 1900, Europe's population
a. Grew from 100 million to over 400 million b. Grew from 190 million to 500 million c. Stabilized at around 100 million d. Declined from 100 million to 50 million e. Never recovered from the losses during the Plague
Which of these groups suffered the most from wartime dislocations during World War II?
A. Japanese Americans B. African Americans C. Mexican Americans D. German Americans