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480-87 - Review an immigration literacy test. - Describe the problems/obstacles facing immigrants during the late 19 th and early 20 th century. Quiz :. Newly Arrived Immigrant Family. “New Immigrants” Between 1870-1910 immigrants mainly came from
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480-87- Review an immigration literacy test. - Describe the problems/obstacles facing immigrants during the late 19th and early 20th century.
Newly Arrived Immigrant Family • “New Immigrants” • Between 1870-1910 immigrants mainly came from • Southern and Eastern Europe, Asia and Mexico. • Reasons for Immigration: • Economic distress due to increased population. • Poland and Italy • Religious persecution • Russian Jews faced “pogroms”. • Transportation systems in Europe boomed, making • it possible for large-scale movement. • Many immigrants came to earn money and then • return home – “birds of passage”. • Chain Migration sped up rate of immigration.
Steerage Passage to New York, (1902)
Ellis Island “holding area” for newly arrived immigrants.
Health inspection checking for disease
New Immigration (1870-1910) • The Neighborhood • Settled in the same neighborhoods such as “The • Pinch” in Memphis and “The Hill” in St. Louis.
New Immigration (1870-1910) • The Neighborhood • Settled in the same neighborhoods such as “The • Pinch” in Memphis and “The Hill” in St. Louis. • The Church formed the center. • Formed associations to help members. • Published ethnic newspapers • The Job • Obstacle ? • Nativism • Favoring native-born inhabitants interests and • culture over those of immigrants. • Caused by the fear of job competition AND the • idea of a “natural hierarchy” of immigrants.
New Immigration (1870-1910) • Obstacle ? • Nativism • Favoring native-born inhabitants interests and • culture over those of immigrants. • Caused by the fear of job competition AND the • idea of a “natural hierarchy” of immigrants. • Result: • Naturalization Act (1870) • Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) • American Protective Association (1887) • Immigration Restriction League (1894)