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Immigration

Immigration. Chapter 6.1. Statue of Liberty. Statue Symbols : Torch : liberty Crown: seven seas and seven continents Chains: freedom from tyranny (end of slavery) Book: July 4, 1776 Independence Day Emma Lazarus Poem:

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Immigration

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  1. Immigration Chapter 6.1

  2. Statue of Liberty • Statue Symbols: • Torch : liberty • Crown: seven seas and seven continents • Chains: freedom from tyranny (end of slavery) • Book: July 4, 1776 Independence Day • Emma Lazarus Poem: “Give me you tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me. I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”

  3. Push & Pull Factors Push Factors(reasons to leave) Pull Factors(reasons to come) Jobs Economic Troubles (poverty & overcrowding) Hunger (famine such as Irish Potato Famine) Plentiful land Travelling Steerage Persecution (discriminate for being different such as the Jews) Opportunity for better life Coming to America Europe

  4. Immigration to America1820-1920 • Germany 5,500,000 • Ireland 4,400,000 • Italy 4,190,000 • Austria-Hungary 3,700,000 • Russia 3,250,000 • England 2,500,000 What countries are preferred by Americans? What countries are not acceptable to Nativists?

  5. How did immigration change in the late 19th Century? • Eastern and Southern Europe (80% of new immigrants) • Russians, Hungarians and Poles • Italians, Greeks and Portuguese • Different Religions • Most were either Catholics and Jews • Unfamiliar languages and cultural beliefs • Chinese and Japanese were the most different

  6. Ellis Island Arrival off steamship

  7. Family Arrives at Ellis Island

  8. Ellis Island Inspection

  9. Medical Inspections at Ellis Island

  10. SlavicImmigrant

  11. Jewish Immigrant

  12. North AfricanImmigrant

  13. Statue of Liberty from Ellis Island

  14. The Golden Door – Land of Opportunity

  15. Angel Island

  16. Angel Island • Detention Centers • 175,000 immigrants

  17. Asian Immigrants

  18. What was the journey like to America on a steamship across the Atlantic? • Ocean voyage of 12 days • Traveled “steerage” – cheapest ticket • Placed on the lower decks (inside the ship without windows) • Most entered through Ellis Island near NYC • Needed to pass health inspection • Asked a series of questions

  19. What is the Nativist Movement? • WASP (W... Anglo-Saxon P…) • People who opposed immigration and attempted to restrict immigrants from certain countries • (“Know Nothing Party” and the KKK) What is its opinion on immigration? • Against the “new” immigrants who were different • Against foreign languages, unfamiliar religions and distinctive customs

  20. Immigration Political Cartoon 1

  21. Immigration Political Cartoon #2

  22. How did these laws and agreements restrict immigration? • Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 • Prohibited Chinese workers from entering the US for 10 years (renewed in 1892 and 1902) • Gentleman’s Agreement with Japan 1907 • Limits number of Japanese immigrants • Immigration Act of 1917 • Required immigrants to pass a literacy test

  23. Immigration Political Cartoon #3

  24. Political Cartoon #4

  25. Is Immigration in the 19th Century good for America? • Yes • Hard workers • Economy needs workers, economy grows • Skilled workers • Diversity (food, music, dress,art…) • Would you be here? • No • Take everyone’s jobs • Increased crime? • Different culture (language, religion, dress, lifestyle) • Low pay for jobs • Too many people

  26. Is America a melting pot?

  27. Urbanization

  28. Brooklyn Bridge (Today and 1900)

  29. Pell Bridge in Newport1600ft

  30. Galloping Gertie (Tacoma Narrows)

  31. Longest Bridges in the World (Today)

  32. Akashi Kaikyo Bridge (Kobe, Japan)

  33. Eads Bridge

  34. Woolworth Building, NYC “cathedral to commerce”

  35. Tallest Buildings Today

  36. Dubai Burj Khalifa 2700 feet tall 160 floors

  37. Chrysler Building NYC

  38. Singapore Flyer • 541 feet tall • 28 capsules

  39. Central Park, NYCOlmstead

  40. Frederick Law Olmsted and the Capitol Building Grounds

  41. Urbanization • 1. Growth • a. What are the major cities in the United States that experienced growth? • New York (1), Detroit, Chicago (2) (80% immigrants) • Philadelphia (3), St. Louis (4), Boston (5), Providence (20) • Other fast growing cities – Pittsburgh, Cleveland, San Francisco • b. Who moved into the cities? • Immigrants • Native born Americans farmers • African-Americans

  42. American Cities in 1900

  43. American Cities in 1920 American Cities in 1940

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