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Immigration

Delve into the push and pull factors that drive immigration, from civil unrest to economic opportunities. Explore the distinctions between old and new immigrants, their occupations, and challenges they face while adapting to the American society. Learn about Ellis Island and the varying sentiments towards immigrants. Discover the evolving immigration restrictions and Americanization efforts during the late 19th century.

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Immigration

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  1. Immigration Ch. 5 Sec. 1

  2. Push/Pull Factors • Push factors- compel people to leave homeland • Civil war and political revolution at home • Religious Oppression • Poor economic prospects • Pull factors- draw people to a new place • Promise of political & religious freedom • Promise of industrial jobs & cheap land

  3. Old/New Immigrants • Old immigrants • Protestant • Northern/western Europe • Families • Skilled labor • Often farmers • Often educated • New immigrants • Catholic, Orthodox, Jewish • Southern/Eastern Europe or Asia • Often individuals • Unskilled labor

  4. In what year was immigration from the Americas the highest? During which decade did immigration from Northern and Western Europe decrease the most? During which period did immigration from the Americas basically stop? Describe the trend in immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe from 1870 to 1910.

  5. Immigrants to the US, by Major Occupation Group 1865-1895

  6. Ellis Island Immigrants arrive at Ellis Island Immigrants detained at Ellis Island Passing the medical exam Registering as an American citizen Ellis Island Deconstructed

  7. Immigrants in "pens" at Ellis Island, waiting for testing for physical and mental defects. Though the iron bars were designed to create orderly movement of large numbers of persons, immigrants feared them as prisons. Underwood and Underwood photo, probably around 1905.

  8. Adjusting to America • Challenges • Language barrier • Finding a job • Anti-immigrant sentiment • Ethnic tension • Solutions • Immigrant aid societies • Ethnic neighborhoods • education

  9. Nativism Nativism: anti-immigrant sentiment Americanization – “melting pot” Schools and education Settlement houses Immigration Restrictions?

  10. Map about immigration c. 1860

  11. Looking Backward. They would close the bridge that carried them and their fathers.

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