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The New Immigrants

The New Immigrants. Chapter 7, Section 1. Reasons for Coming…. Promise of a better life Famine, land shortages, religious or political persecution. Europeans. Escape religious persecution (i.e. Jews) Rising population in Europe (double the U.S.) Independence. Chinese and Japanese.

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The New Immigrants

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  1. The New Immigrants Chapter 7, Section 1

  2. Reasons for Coming… • Promise of a better life • Famine, land shortages, religious or political persecution

  3. Europeans • Escape religious persecution (i.e. Jews) • Rising population in Europe (double the U.S.) • Independence

  4. Chinese and Japanese • Chinese: Gold rush, railroads, farming, mining, domestic service • Japanese: Hawaiian plantations

  5. Trip to America… • Steam ship (1-3 weeks) • Cramped conditions • Unsanitary • Diseases

  6. Ellis Island, 1892 • 20% detained • 2% denied • Physical examination • 1892-1954: • 12 million

  7. Waiting at Ellis Island

  8. Kids at Ellis Island, 1908

  9. Inspection at Ellis Island

  10. Angel Island, 1910 • Primarily Chinese immigrants • Harsh questioning • Detention buildings

  11. Crowded Ship at Angel Island

  12. Chinese Women Waiting at Angel Island

  13. Melting Pot • Mixture of people of different cultures and races who blend together by abandoning native language and customs • The Great American Melting Pot

  14. Nativism • Overt favoritism toward native-born Americans. • “Right” immigrants: British, German, and Scandinavia • “Wrong” countries: Slav, Latin, and Asiatic races • Problems with religious ideas instead of ethnic values

  15. Movements Against Immigration • 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act • Banned entry to all of those except students, teachers, merchants, tourists, and government officials • 1906 Gentlemen’s Agreement • Japanese agreed to limited emigration of unskilled worked for the repeal of the San Francisco segregation order

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