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Monday, 3/24

Monday, 3/24. Drop off your yellow warm-ups and pick up pink ones. Drop off your bathroom passes (on purple paper) from the 3 rd marking period. Pick up a cartoon. Explain what this cartoon tells you about Asian immigration issues. . Angel Island - California.

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Monday, 3/24

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  1. Monday, 3/24 • Drop off your yellow warm-ups and pick up pink ones. • Drop off your bathroom passes (on purple paper) from the 3rd marking period. • Pick up a cartoon. Explain what this cartoon tells you about Asian immigration issues.

  2. Angel Island - California The “Ellis Island” of the West Coast

  3. Angel Island • Located in San Francisco Bay • Overcrowded • Poorly ventilated • Filthy conditionsLousy conditions! • Men and women, including husbands and wives,were separatedand not allowed to see or communicate with each other again until they were admitted to the country.

  4. Immigrants were processed over a longer period of time: weeks or months vs. days on Ellis Island

  5. Angel Island Poetry • Video: Angel Island: The Story Behind the Poetry

  6. Your Task! • Write a 4-6 line poem from the perspective of a Chinese immigrant. How do you feel? Were your expectations about America realized or destroyed? Draw a picture to illustrate your poem as well!

  7. Closer, 3/24 • Put yourselves in the shoes of an American living in 1892. Should the United States pass the Chinese Exclusion Act? Write a letter to your congressman arguing why or why not in 3-4 sentences.

  8. Tuesday, March 25th Pick up new bathroom passes for the 4th marking period Pick up an article and read it. Why is deportation still a relevant topic in American politics today? Do you notice any similarities between now and the turn of the 20th century?

  9. Urbanization – Growth of the Cities!

  10. Urbanization – Growth of the Cities! • Most immigrants tended to settle in the city of their arrival(i.e. - land in Ellis Island, stay in New York…) • Ethnic neighborhoods develop – people in the neighborhood share a common language, food, history, etc…(i.e. – Little Italy, Little Greece, Chinatown, etc

  11. Where Did Immigrants Settle? • Only 2% of Immigrants went to the South – why?

  12. (European) Immigrant Work • Unskilled jobs • Low paying – even children had to work • Long hours • Factory work – tedious, tiring, dangerous • So many people needed jobs – you could be replaced very easily – don’t even think about calling in sick!

  13. Asian Immigrants (Chinese especially) • Viewed with suspicion and subject to hostility because the culture was so different! • Kept to themselveswith otherChineseimmigrants

  14. Jobs for Chinese Immigrants • Agriculture • Mining • Fishing • Food Prep. • Laundry • On the railroad (Transcontinental Railroad in particular)

  15. A Chinese Laundry

  16. Restrictions on Immigration and Modern-Day Immigration

  17. Why Restrict Immigration? • Poor Economy in US • War • Racism • Overpopulation All these issues lead to official restrictions on US Immigration

  18. All due to a rise in . . . Nativism – the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants.

  19. Limiting Immigration – key terms How do you limit the amount of immigrants coming into a country? • Exclusions – preventing a group from immigrating • Quotas – a limit placed on the number allowed to immigrate

  20. Chinese Exclusion Act • Racism and the loss of jobs fuels Anti-Chinese sentiment in California. • In response to California labor unions, the U.S. government bans all Chinese laborers from entering the country in 1892! • This and other Chinese restriction laws remain in effect until 1965!

  21. Compare to . . . The Gentleman’s Agreement • In California, Asian students attended segregated schools. • Japan protests, so… • T. Roosevelt made a compromise with Japanese officials.

  22. Most notably… According to the Gentleman’s Agreement – America promised not to segregate Japanese students and Japan promised not to send Japanese workers to America

  23. Example of a Quota • Immigration Act of 1924 – limited the number of immigrants from each country. • Restricted immigration to 2% of each individual country’s total based on the 1890 US Census. • IE. There were 200,000 Italian immigrants in the US in 1890. Only 4,000 Italians were allowed entry each year.

  24. Do These Quotas and Exclusions Apply to Other Groups? Hmmmmmmmmm . . .

  25. What about Mexico? • Starting in 1902 immigration from Mexico was PROMOTED for jobs in the farming and mining industries of the Southwest • …how does that differ from today?

  26. Modern-Day Immigration Photos

  27. Reentering El Paso from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico

  28. Border of Nogales, AZ and Nogales, Mexico

  29. Nogales – Border Fence on Left

  30. Barbed Wire

  31. Nogales – Border Fence at End of Road

  32. Mexican-American Border

  33. “God Grew Tired of Us” • As you are watching the movie, complete the 5-4-3-2-1 chart. You will finish it for your closer today.

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