immigration - mr. johnson's...
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IMMIGRATION
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Ellis Island
• Located in New York harbor
• 17 million from 1892 to 1924
• 20% detained, 2% sent home
• Processing:
– Medical Examination
– Never been convicted of a felony
– Able to work
– Have some money ($25 after 1909)
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Angel Island
• Located in San Francisco Bay
• Primarily Asian immigrants
• 50,000 Chinese between 1910-1940
• Conditions far worse:
– Longer detention time in filthy facilities
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Ellis Island
Angel Island
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WHO?
20 million Europeans between
1870 and 1920
300,000 Chinese between
1851 and 1883
200,000 Japanese between
1884 and 1920
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WHY?
HYPOTHESIZE: Why did so many people
choose to leave their homelands and come to
America?
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PUSH vs. PULLPUSH factors:
1. Religious Persecution
2. War weary
3. Population increase
4. No Work
5. Oppression
6. Famine and Starvation
PULL factors:
1. Religious Freedom
2. Fairly Peaceful
3. Vast amounts of Land
4. Jobs “plentiful”
5. Opportunity
6. “Bread basket of the
World”
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OLD vs. NEW
OLD Immigrants came from:
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OLD vs. NEW
NEW immigrants came from:
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OLD vs. NEWOLD immigrants:
1. Northern and Western
Europe
2. Spoke English
3. Skilled tradesmen
4. Protestant or
Irish/German Catholic
NEW Immigrants:
1. Southern and Eastern
Europe
2. Did not speak English
3. Many poor and
Illiterate
4. Greek Orthodox,
Roman Catholic,
Jewish
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NATIVISM
• Nativism: Favoritism towards native-born
Americans.
– Anti-Catholic attacks
– Colleges, Businesses, Social clubs = NO JEWISH
• “MELTING POT” ���� mixture of people of
different backgrounds who blend together by
abandoning their native language and customs.
– Many NEW immigrants were unwilling to do this.
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LEGISLATION
• Chinese Exclusion Act: Banned entry to all
Chinese except students, teachers,
merchants, tourists, and government
officials.
• Gentlemen’s Agreement: Japan Limits
emigration of unskilled workers to U.S. in
exchange for the repeal of the San Francisco
segregation order.
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Primary Source
• Read the account and answer the following
questions…
1. Expectations vs. Reality
2. Were expectations met? Why or why not?
3. How does this help us to explain why Mark
Twain termed this age the “Gilded Age”?