Far & Away

• Why did Shannon and Joseph come to America?

• Describe Boston, what impressions did the video leave with you?

• Describe the living and working conditions depicted in the video.

• Entertainment?• Who was the “boss” what was his role?

Read “An Immigrant’s” Story

• Why do people migrate?

• Today?

• Why did people migrate in the 1800’s and early 1900’s in such big numbers? Are they the same reasons?

What is immigration?

Immigration is the movement of people from

one country or region to another in order to

make a new home.

Salad Bowl Theory

Melting Pot Theory

What is an immigrant?

An immigrant is a person who moves fromone country or region to another in order

tomake a new home.

Picture from: http://www.hmongstudies.org/HmongCulturalCenterESLProgramPhotos05.html

Push: Need to leave in order to survive.

Pull: Attracted to new way of life.

Immigration to US 1820-2000

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1,000,000

2,000,000

3,000,000

4,000,000

5,000,000

6,000,000

7,000,000

8,000,000

9,000,000

10,000,000

1820

-30

1831

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1841

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1851

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1861

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1871

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1911

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1931

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1941

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1951

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1971

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1981

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1991

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Period Total1820-30 151,8241831-40 599,1251841-50 1,713,2511851-60 2,598,2141861-70 2,314,8241871-80 2,812,1911881-90 5,246,6131891-00 3,687,5641901-10 8,795,3861911-20 5,735,8111921-30 4,107,2091931-40 528,4311941-50 1,035,0391951-60 2,515,4791961-70 3,321,6771971-80 4,493,3141981-90 7,338,0621991-00 9,095,417

This chart and table show the number of immigrants that came to the United States from 1820-2000. What three time periods experienced the highest number of immigrants?Source of data: Immigration and Naturalization Service, US Department of Justice

Immigration to the United States 1820-

2000

1820-1880 Main Sources of Immigration

• In this period of time almost 10.2 million immigrants came to the United States

• The main countries the immigrants came from were in Northern and Western Europe

• “Old Immigrants”

                                                                                                                   

1820-1880 Main Sources of Immigration

The three main countries that immigrantscame from in 1820-1880

Germany 3.0 million

1820-1880 Main Sources of Immigration

The three main countries that immigrantscame from in 1820-1880

Ireland 2.8 million

1820-1880 Main Sources of Immigration

The three main countries that immigrantscame from in 1820-1880

United Kingdom 1.9 million

Main Sources of Immigration 1881-1920

• In this period of time almost 23.5 million immigrants came to the United States

• The main countries the immigrants came from were in Southern and Eastern Europe

• New Immigrants

Main Sources of Immigration1881-1920

Italy 4.0 million

Main Sources of Immigration 1881-1920

Austria Hungary 4.0 million (Austria and Hungary are now separate countries. The maps below show

each of them)

Austria Hungary

Main Sources of immigrants from in 1881-1920

Soviet Union 4.0 million The Union of the Soviet Social Social Republics (Soviet Union) was formed in 1917 and ended in 1991. The 15 states of the Soviet Union are now each their own country which are shown on this map. They are Russia, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldava.

Foreign Born Population, Top Countries of Origin 1920

Foreign Born Population, Top Countries of Origin 1920

12.111.6

10.1

8.2 8.2 8.2

7.5

4.54.1

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2

4

6

8

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12

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Percentage of foreign born population from each country

Source of data: Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce

Foreign Born Population, Top Countries of Origin 1960

Source of data: Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce

Foreign Born Population, Top Countries of Origin 1960

12.9

10.29.8

7.9 7.77.1

5.9

3.53.1

2.5

0

2

4

6

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Percentage of foreign born population from each country

Foreign Born Population, Top Countries of Origin 2000

Source of data: Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce

Foreign Born Population, Top Countries of Origin 2000

27.6

4.3 3.8 3.5 3.4 3 2.7 2.5 2.4 2.4

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5

10

15

20

25

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Percentage of foreign born population from each country

Ellis Island

• 1st View of America

• 6-Second Medical Exam

• Complete Medical Exams by 1917

• Legal Inspection• 1921-Visa and

Literacy Test

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

Problems of Urbanization

• Lack of Housing and open areas of land

• Lack of safe and efficient transportation

• Fire Hazards• Crime• Lack of Sanitation• Water