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Nation of Immigrants

Nation of Immigrants. Chapter 15 section 1. All Americans, at some point in their family history, came to the United States as immigrants. Old Immigrants. 1800-1880 10 million North and West Europe Germany Sweden Ireland Britain. Chinese Immigration. 1840s-1850s Gold Rush Railroads.

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Nation of Immigrants

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  1. Nation of Immigrants Chapter 15 section 1

  2. All Americans, at some point in their family history, came to the United States as immigrants

  3. Old Immigrants • 1800-1880 • 10 million • North and West Europe • Germany • Sweden • Ireland • Britain

  4. Chinese Immigration • 1840s-1850s • Gold Rush • Railroads

  5. New Immigrants New Immigrants • 1880-1910 • 18 million • South and East Europe • Czech • Italian • Russian • Polish • Japanese came through Hawaii Dramatic Diversity

  6. Your Turn • Map  Ellis Island • Reading pages 490-491

  7. Welcome to Ellis Island • Opened in 1894, NY

  8. Inspection Process • First or Second Class were provided with on board inspectors • Steerage Passengers waited in long lines at checkpoints • 4-5 hour process • Check papers • Health • Might be sent back

  9. Welcome to… Angel Island • Opened in 1910, San Fran • Japanese Immigrants were detained for weeks • Prison like conditions • Locked in barracks and let out only for recreation

  10. Life in the US • Mostly better than life before the voyage BUT • Crowded cities • Tenement Housing – run down apartments • Boarding Houses – many families living together • Low paid jobs • Discrimination

  11. Building Urban Communities Building Urban Communities • tended to live with similar ethnicity in small pockets • Churches and Synagogues were built • Benevolent Societies • Established to help immigrants with: • Finding work • Becoming educated • healthcare

  12. Nativists Nativists • Viewed immigrants as a threat • Chinese Exclusion Act • 10 yr ban • No citizenship • Literacy tests

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