Ch. 5.2A Lesson Review

Agents from the railroad traveled throughout Europe spreading "the word"

What might "the word" be?

1910 almost half of WA state population was born in another country OR their parents were

Worked for Hudson's Bay Co.

Would marry Native Americans

What jobs would these men do?

Left Ireland as a result of a famine

Became farmers, wealthy businessmen, government jobs

Looked for economic opportunity

Why would they not just settle for labor jobs like most immigrants?

Chinese government failing

Looked for any kind of work

Treated poorly...couldn't vote, paid poor, couldn't live next to Americans

Why were the Chinese willing to settle for low paying jobs...as opposed to the Irish immigrants who weren't?

Left Japan after a change in government style

Took the place of Chinese immigrants

worked mainly manual labor jobs

Norwegians, Swedes, Finns, Danish

12% of our pop. was from here in 1910

farming, railroad, lumber, shipbuilding, fishing

settled Palouse region

developed E. Washington wheat industry

German culture impacted American culture

founded cities too

Almost last immigrant group to our state

Did mainly urban jobs

Construction.....buildings, water and sewer

Became wealthy