Exam 5: North and West European Americans

The first European colonists were characterized by __________.

The nation's inability to absorb quickly the large numbers of Germans and Irish, resulting in a temporary societal disruption, illustrates which theory?

With regards to newcomers in the New World, conflict theorists would stress the __________.

When a person fears or dislikes a class or classes of immigrants who come from a different region of the world than their own ancestors, the problem is not prejudice toward immigrants in general but __________ because they dislike only those who are different from them.

Margaret's departure from her homeland to the United States filled her with hope and anxiety, illustrating how the transition to a new land is a(n) __________ decision.

Between 1800 and 1840 the ratio of domestic servants per family __________.

When a group of people gains in terms of economics or social standing, they are experiencing __________ just as the Irish did in their early years in the United States.

The Federalists attempted to limit all office-holding to the __________.

Most immigrant groups were forced to live in substandard housing. What was a typical response of dominant society?

Federalist reaction to French and Irish immigrants illustrates which theory?

The nineteenth-century German immigrants were __________.

Which sport did colonists import from Holland?

The __________ in the 1840s accelerated Irish emigration to the United States.

__________ was a societal reaction to the Irish presence in the nineteenth-century.

Push factors describe the motivation behind emigration to a new location.

Which push factor was responsible for the majority of German immigrants?

The __________ has its origins in the Dutch religious separatists.

The __________ and __________ make up the French communities in southern Louisiana.

New England French Canadians and Louisiana French illustrate __________.

Between 1820 and 2011, about how many British people moved to the United States?