Immigration to the United States in the Mid-19 th Century

Immigration to the United States in the Mid-19th Century

Why do people immigrate? Are they pushed out by something? Or are they pulled in by something?

What pulls people to immigrate to another country? Jobs Freedoms (political) Freedoms (religious) Family already there New start Adventure

What pushes people to immigrate to another country? Religious persecution War Don’t like the political system or leader Famine (not enough food) Poverty – lack of opportunity (no jobs)

Pull Factors: Why did people want to come to America? • Cheap labor needed for: • factory work • building railroads • building canals

Push Factors: Why did people leave their European homelands? • Instability in Europe: • revolutions (esp. Germany) • famine (esp. Ireland)

Which do you think results in MORE immigration: push or pull? Think, Pair, Share:

Immigration to the United States, 1820s-1840s Write a sentence that explains the chart.

Immigration to the United States, 1821-1860 Write a sentence or two that explain the chart.

Revolutions in Europe (1848)

Potato Famine in Ireland ¾ crops (wheat, barley, rye) grown to sell to the British ¼ crops grown for the Irish to eat (potatoes) Irish Population 1844 8,400,000 1851 6,600,000

Good luck in America!

New Cultures Clash!

Immigrants Face Hostility and Discrimination

Anti-Catholicism

Reasons for Immigrant Tensions 1. Irish immigrants were very poor – WHY? 2. Many took jobs for less money than established Americans – WHY? 3. Irish were often hired as strike-breakers – WHY? 4. Irish men replaced “mill girls” – WHY?

5. Fear of Immigrant Voters

Rise of Nativism

"Riot at Hoboken, May 1, 1851"

Immigration to the United States in the Mid-19 th Century

Immigration to the United States in the Mid-19 th Century

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Modern Art 109 From mid-19 th century to mid-20 th century

19 th Century Catholic Immigration

Illegal immigration in the united states

Immigration law in the united states

Immigration in the late 19 th Century

Art of the mid-19 th century

Sectionalism in the Mid-19th Century United States:

19 th Century education in the United States

Chinese Immigration to the United States

Immigration law in the united states

Immigration In The United States

Mid 19 th Century Irish Immigration

Greek Immigration to the United States

Immigration to the United States

Immigration Enforcement in the United States

Immigration to the United States

Illegal Immigration in the United States

Norwegian Immigration to America in the 19 th century

Westward expansion of the United States during the 19 th century.

Immigration in the 19 th Century

Modern Art 109 From mid-19 th century to mid-20 th century