Ch. 11 Les. 3 Progress Check

diversity variety prejudice unfair negative opinions about a group of people oppression unjust treatment by a government tenement a building that has been divided into small apartments labor union a group of workers who unite to demand better wages and working conditions melting pot a place where Europeans could "melt" old ideas and prejudices and be molded into a new people called Americans. Why did the U.S. government pass laws restricting immigration? too many new diseases they were taking all of the jobs the government there were too many immigrants too fast Why did the people of France give the United States the Statue of Liberty? they wanted to acknowledge the freedoms that are in the US they owed them a gift in return for a statue America gave France it was written as part of the Declaration of Independence What problems did many new immigrants face? overcrowding resentment and prejudice difficulty finding jobs all of the above What problems might arise between the two waves of immigrants? competing for jobs might cause tension speaking in different languages might cause misunderstandings both a and b neither a or b