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Chapter 20

Chapter 20. The New Immigrants. What is an “immigrant” ?. Someone who moves to one place from another place. Where is Europe. Across the Atlantic Ocean Above Africa. Where were the old groups from? . Ireland. China. New Immigrants. Greece Russia Hungary Italy Turkey Poland.

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Chapter 20

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  1. Chapter 20 The New Immigrants

  2. What is an “immigrant” ? • Someone who moves to one place from another place

  3. Where is Europe • Across the Atlantic Ocean • Above Africa

  4. Where were the old groups from? Ireland China

  5. New Immigrants • Greece • Russia • Hungary • Italy • Turkey • Poland

  6. Where were the new immigrants going to live ? • On the east and west coasts where they landed • They lived next to their own people

  7. Facts • Most came from eastern and southern Europe • They didn’t speak English

  8. Facts • Most were Catholics or Jews

  9. Fact • Why did so many people leave their homelands? • They were pushed out • And • Pulled to the U.S.

  10. What does “emigrate” mean ? • To leave your homeland

  11. Ethnic Groups • Minorities that spoke a different language

  12. What is a minority? • A smaller group • The opposite of a majority

  13. Look around the room… what different races or cultures can you see? • Well…..?

  14. What are some things that immigrants have given us? Food and Drink Cars and Sports

  15. Steerage • The cramped, noisy spaces on ships

  16. Where did the Statue of Liberty come from? • France

  17. Emma Lazarus’ Poem • Read it. Bottom page 584

  18. Ellis Island • The immigrant processing station in New York City • What coast is New York on…? • East coast, Atlantic Ocean

  19. Angel Island • Processing station for Asian immigrants • Why did Asian immigrants come to Angel Island? • It was on the west coast, Pacific Ocean

  20. Where did immigrants find work? • Sweatshops

  21. Assimilate • To adopt or become a part of American culture

  22. The Nativist Movement • Opposed immigration • Why would Americans oppose immigrants coming to America? • They would take our jobs

  23. Chinese Exclusion Act • This law kept Chinese immigrants from coming to the U.S • Why did we do this….? • There were lots of Chinese immigrants

  24. Immigration Act of 1917 • Required all immigrants to be able to read and write in order to come into the U.S.

  25. What contributions did immigrants make to American life? • They provided a labor force and religions and new cultures

  26. Chapter 20 • Section 2 – Moving to the city

  27. Why did cities grow so much after the Civil War? • Immigrants worked and lived in the cities • Only farmers lived out in the country

  28. Industrialization • Changed work on farms • New machinery was introduced

  29. African Americans • Moved to cities in the north to get away from racism in the south • There were more industries in the north

  30. Transportation and Resources • Cities needed new ways to travel

  31. Why did Chicago and Kansas City have so many cows? • The trains shipped beef from these cities

  32. Steel Capital of the U.S. • Pittsburg Pennsylvania

  33. Why did New York and San Francisco become shipping cities? • Because there location on the oceans gave them access to large ships

  34. Why did cities grow so much? • They were built by immigrants • They all needed work • Strength in numbers

  35. Tenement Living • An early apartment

  36. Slums • Nasty, dirty, cramped, scary apartments

  37. Graph – bottom page 591 • Answer the question?

  38. Suburbs • Residential areas outside of the cities • All the Areasadded together make a Metropolitan Area

  39. The Gilded Age • Extravagant wealth with poverty underneath • What famous time of “Poverty” was on its way to the U.S.?

  40. What does gilded mean ? • Something covered in gold but worthless underneath

  41. The YMCA and YWCA • Aided the poor with food, and medical care

  42. Settlement Houses • Provided poor immigrants with a place to live until they could get settled

  43. Jane Adams – Hull House • The Hull House was founded in Chicago, Illinois by Jane Addams in 1889.

  44. New Inventions • Elisha Otis invented the elevator

  45. Woolworth Building • New York's first skyscraper • The Woolworth Building, completed in 1913, was called the Cathedral of Commerce

  46. Central Park • Frederick Law Olmstead designed Central Park in downtown New York City

  47. Eads Bridge • Opened in 1874 • Stretched across the Mississippi River in St. Louis Missouri

  48. Brooklyn Bridge • Connects the island of Manhattan to the borough of Brooklyn

  49. CHAPTER 20 SECTION 3

  50. John Dewey • Fought for public education so you can be here with me • Invented the Dewey Decimal System

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