Reminders. 1  Sum of the angles in a triangle = 180Â°. 2  Sum of the angles in a quadrilateral = 360Â°. 3  Opposite angles are equal. 4  For two parallel lines and a transversal, 5  corresponding angles are equal, and. 6  alternate angles are equal.
They came to the United States for a variety of reasons, most notably because of the persecution, discrimination, fear, and economic problems they faced in Russia. 2 1/2 million of the 8 million immigrants who immigrated to America between 1880-1914 from Russia and Austria-Hungary were Jews.
The immigrants who arrived in the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries were very different from the predominantly Protestant, northern European immigrants who came to America in the early to mid-1800s. These immigrants were of various religions and came from Southern and Eastern Europe and China. They faced challenges in being easily accepted by those already in the states owing perceived cultural and religious differences. By the late 1800s, Jews in Eastern Europe were becoming increasingly ostracized.