The New Immigrants: Journey, Experiences, and Anti-Immigrant Sentiments

1. STANDARD(S): 11.1 Students analyze the significant events in the founding of the nation. CH 7-SEC 1 LESSON OBJECTIVES/ GOALS/ SWBAT • Identify immigrants’ countries of origin. • Describe the journey immigrants endured and their experiences at United States immigration stations. • Examine the causes and effects of the nativists’ anti-immigrant sentiments.

2. A BULLDOG ALWAYS Commitment Attitude CARES Respect Encouragement Safety

3. QUIZ! 1 2 1 2 1 First & Last Name Fill in your ID NUMBER! CH-7-1

4. Section 1 The New Immigrants Immigration from Europe, Asia, the Caribbean, and Mexico reach a new high in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. NEXT

5. SECTION 1 The New Immigrants Through the “Golden Door” • Millions of Immigrants • Some immigrants seek better lives; others temporary jobs Continued . . . NEXT

6. "Give me your tired, your poor,Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

7. SECTION 1:THE NEW IMMIGRANTS Millions of immigrants entered the U.S. in the late 19th and early 20th centuries Some came to escape difficult conditions, others known as “birds of passage” intended to stay only temporarily to earn money, and then return to their homeland

8. SECTION 1 The New Immigrants Through the “Golden Door” • Europeans • 1870–1920, about 20 million Europeans arrive in U.S. • Many flee religious persecution: Jews driven from Russia by pogroms • Population growth results in lack of farmland, industrial jobs • Reform movements, revolts influence young who seek independent lives Continued . . . NEXT

9. EUROPEANS Between 1870 and 1920, about 20 million Europeans arrived in the United States Before 1890, most were from western and northern Europe After 1890, most came from southern and eastern Europe All were looking for opportunity

10. Italian

11. Austrian

12. Russian

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14. Escaping Russian Pogroms The REAL PURGE

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16. Escaping persecution

17. Chapter 7; Section 1 • A – What reasons did people from other parts of the world have for immigrating to the United States? • Immigrants desired to escape conditions such as land shortages, famine and political or religious persecution; the prospect of land, jobs, or higher wages.

18. SECTION 1 Life in the New Land • A Difficult Journey • Almost all immigrants travel by steamship, most in steerage Ellis Island • Ellis Island—chief U.S. immigration station, in New York Harbor • Immigrants given physical exam by doctor; seriously ill not admitted • Inspector checks documents to see if meets legal requirements • 1892–1924, about 17 million immigrants processed at Ellis Island Continued . . . NEXT

19. ELLIS ISLAND, NEW YORK Ellis Island was the arrival point for European immigrants They had to pass inspection at the immigration stations Processing took hours, and the sick were sent home

20. ELLIS ISLAND, NEW YORK Immigrants also had to show that they were not criminals, had some money ($25), and were able to work From 1892-1924, 17 million immigrants passed through Ellis Island’s facilities

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22. WEST COAST IMMIGRATION

23. SECTION 1 continuedThrough the “Golden Door” • Chinese and Japanese • About 300,000 Chinese arrive; earliest one attracted by gold rush • - work in railroads, farms, mines, domestic service, business • Japanese work on Hawaiian plantations, then go to West Coast • - by 1920, more than 200,000 on West Coast NEXT

24. JAPANESE In 1884, the Japanese government allowed Hawaiian planters to recruit Japanese workers The U.S. annexation of Hawaii in 1898 increased Japanese immigration to the west coast By 1920, more than 200,000 Japanese lived on the west coast

25. CHINESE Between 1851 and 1882, about 300,000 Chinese arrived on the West Coast Some were attracted by the Gold Rush, others went to work for the railroads, farmed or worked as domestic servants An anti-Chinese immigration act by Congress curtailed immigration after 1882 Many Chinese men worked for the railroads

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29. FRICTION DEVELOPS Some native born Americans disliked the immigrants unfamiliar customs and languages – friction soon developed

30. SECTION 1 continuedLife in the New Land Angel Island • Angel Island—immigrant processing station in San Francisco Bay • Immigrants endure harsh questioning, long detention for admission NEXT

31. ANGEL ISLAND, SAN FRANCISCO Asians, primarily Chinese, arriving on the West Coast gained admission at Angel Island in the San Francisco Bay Processing was much harsherthan Ellis Island as immigrants withstood tough questioning and long detentions in filthy conditions

32. ANGEL ISLAND WAS CONSIDERED MORE HARSH THAN ELLIS ISLAND

33. Chapter 7; Section 1 • B – What difficulties did immigrants face in gaining admission to the United States? • Medical and administrative inspections and, on Angel Island, harsh questioning and detention.

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35. SECTION 1 continuedLife in the New Land • Cooperation for Survival • Immigrants must create new life: find work, home, learn new ways • Many seek people who share cultural values, religion, language • - ethnic communities form • Friction develops between “hyphenated” Americans, native-born NEXT

36. FRICTION DEVELOPS While some immigrants tried to assimilate into American culture, others kept to themselves and created ethnic communities Chinatowns are found in many major cities

37. Ghetto In the 1920s the Jewish population saw Boyle Heights as the heart of the Jewish community. By 1930 almost 10,000 Jewish families lived in Boyle Heights.

38. Chapter 7; Section 1 • C – How did immigrants deal with challenges they faced? • They helped one another, forming ethnic enclaves, social clubs, and aid societies.

39. FRICTION DEVELOPS Committed to their own culture, but also trying hard to become Americans, many came to think of themselves as Italian-Americans, Polish-Americans, Chinese-Americans, etc

41. SECTION 1 continuedThrough the “Golden Door” • The West Indies and Mexico • About 260,000 immigrants from West Indies; most seek industrial jobs • Mexicans flee political turmoil; after 1910, 700,000 arrive • National Reclamation Act creates farmland, draws Mexican farmers NEXT

42. THE WEST INDIES Between 1880 and 1920, about 260,000 immigrants arrived in the eastern and southeastern United States form the West Indies Jamaica, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and other islands

43. MEXICO Mexicans, too, immigrated to the U.S. They came to find work and flee political turmoil 700,000 Mexicans arrived in the early 20th century

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48. SECTION 1 Immigration Restrictions • Melting pot—in U.S. people blend by abandoning native culture - immigrants don’t want to give up cultural identity Continued . . . NEXT

49. The American melting pot. • Immigrants become Americanize

50. SECTION 1 Immigration Restrictions The Rise of Nativism • Nativism—overt favoritism toward native-born Americans • Nativists believe Anglo-Saxons superior to other ethnic groups • Some object to immigrants’ religion: many are Catholics, Jews • 1897, Congress passes literacy bill for immigrants; Cleveland vetoes - 1917, similar bill passes over Wilson’s veto Continued . . . NEXT