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Daily Goals. Content: You will understand what caused immigrants to come to the US. You will understand what effects immigration had on the U.S. Literacy: You will understand the terms: push factor, pull factor, political boss, and nativism. Social:
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Daily Goals • Content: • You will understand what caused immigrants to come to the US. • You will understand what effects immigration had on the U.S. • Literacy: • You will understand the terms: push factor, pull factor, political boss, and nativism. • Social: • You will discuss important points in the lesson with your Study Buddy to get your thoughts together.
Let’s get ready • Be ready to mark up your notes! V= for vocabulary *= for important concept Side Notes = Red • Fill in what is missing • Take notes with along with Mr. Kelly
Why Europeans Immigrated • “Give me your tired, your poor, / Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free…” • Where did immigrants come from?
SIDE NOTE! • What is a push / pull factor? • Examples of a push factor/ pull factor
Push / Pull Factors • PUSH: population growth, hunger and religious persecution • Pogroms – organized, anti-Jewish attacks • PULL: opportunity, jobs, land and the sometimes misleading America letters • “land of milk and honey…streets paved with gold…”
The Trip • What too three months now took two weeks due to steamships • Seasickness, spoiled food and filthy toilets • Separation on the ship by class • What did third class passengers face?
Ellis Island • “Six second exam” • Marked clothing with chalk (L,H,X and E) • Faced possible deportation • 29 Question Exam • “Do you have work waiting for you?” / Foran Act of 1885 • About 2% of immigrants were denied entry • Ride on ferry to NYC
Urban Populations Explode • Most immigrants settled in places like New York, Chicago, Boston, Cleveland, etc. • Lived in areas with those who spoke the same language • Riis’s imagined map of the city
American Response • New immigrants had to “find their own way” financially • Who could they rely on? • “pass the hat” • Settlement Houses – established as a community center to help guide immigrants • Political Bosses – • Assimilation / Americanization • Happened with children at school, needing to fit in
Side Note! • Assimilation: • Americanization:
American Response • Cultural differences created backlash • Anarchy / Socialism • Nativisim spreads like wildfire • Religious and cultural differences and economic downturn fueled the fire • By the 1920’s Congress had passed legislation to slow immigration • Became based on quota
Immigration from Asia • “…utter heathens, treacherous, sensual, cowardly, cruel…” - Henry George • Chinese “could never be Americanized” • Mob violence towards Chinese • Economic woes blamed on Chinese • Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) – no immigration of Chinese for 10 years
Angel Island • “Ellis Island of the West” • Detained for questioning • Asked extremely specific questions to prevent Chinese from forging their way into the country • Could be detained for weeks, months, even years • Angel Island = miserable place
Other Asian Immigrant Groups • Immigrants came as farm laborers and service industry workers from: • Korea, Philippines, and Japan • Anti-Asian feelings caused segregation – led to a Gentleman’s Agreement between TR and Japan • Japanese allowed emigrants, with certain family demands