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APUSH Review: “New” Immigration

www.Apushreview.com. APUSH Review: “New” Immigration. Everything You Need To K now A bout New Immigration To Succeed In APUSH. What is “New Immigration?”. What is it? Immigrants that came from Southern and Eastern Europe Specific countries? Poland, Italy, Greece, Hungary, etc.

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APUSH Review: “New” Immigration

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  1. www.Apushreview.com APUSH Review: “New” Immigration Everything You Need To Know About New Immigration To Succeed In APUSH

  2. What is “New Immigration?” • What is it? • Immigrants that came from Southern and Eastern Europe • Specific countries? • Poland, Italy, Greece, Hungary, etc. • When did it occur? • 1880s – 1920

  3. Why did they come here? Where did they settle? • Why they came here? • Economic opportunities • Some came for a short time – “Birds of Passage” • Lack of military conscription • Religious persecution - Jews • Where did they settle? • Overwhelmingly in urban areas • Large cities – NYC and Chicago • Dumbbell tenements • ***How the Other Half Lives***

  4. Challenges Faced by “New” Immigrants • Many had a hard time ***Assimilating*** or adjusting to American life • Spoke different languages • Many were highly illiterate • Lived in “ghettos” • New immigrants often worked in unskilled jobs • Often worked for lower wages • Hard to unionize – language barriers • Political bosses often gave immigrants jobs and resources • Immigrants became a strong voting presence

  5. Reactions to “New” Immigrants • Jane Addams – Chicago • Founder of the Hull House • Provided housing, food, and education for poor women and immigrants • Helped spur other settlement houses • Nativism • Fear, distrust, and hatred of foreigners • Causes of Nativism • “taking jobs” • Fear of the Pope • Different government ideas – socialism and anarchism • American Protective Association (APA) • Urged voting against Catholics, favored tougher immigration laws

  6. Immigration Laws of the 1920s • Emergency Quota Act of 1921 • Restricted number of immigrants from a country to 3% of total people from that country living in US in 1910 • Favored Southern and Eastern Europe • National Origins Act of 1924 • Quotas for foreigners was cut from 3% to 2%, used 1890 census instead, hurt “New Immigrants” • These two acts signified an end to previously unrestricted immigration

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