Monday, 3/24

• Drop off your yellow warm-ups and pick up pink ones.

• Drop off your bathroom passes (on purple paper) from the 3rd marking period.

• Pick up a cartoon. Explain what this cartoon tells you about Asian immigration issues.

The “Ellis Island” of the West Coast

Angel Island• Located in San Francisco Bay

• Overcrowded

• Poorly ventilated

• Filthy conditionsLousy conditions!

• Men and women, including husbands and wives, were separated and not allowed to see or communicate with each other again until they were admitted to the country.

• Immigrants were processed over a longer period of time: weeks or months vs. days on Ellis Island

Angel Island Poetry

• Video: Angel Island: The Story Behind the Poetry

Your Task!

• Write a 4-6 line poem from the perspective of a Chinese immigrant. How do you feel? Were your expectations about America realized or destroyed? Draw a picture to illustrate your poem as well!

Closer, 3/24

• Put yourselves in the shoes of an American living in 1892. Should the United States pass the Chinese Exclusion Act? Write a letter to your congressman arguing why or why not in 3-4 sentences.

Tuesday, March 25th

Pick up new bathroom passes for the 4th marking period

Pick up an article and read it. Why is deportation still a relevant topic in American politics today? Do you notice any similarities between now and the turn of the 20th century?

Urbanization – Growth of the Cities!

Urbanization – Growth of the Cities!• Most immigrants tended to settle in the

city of their arrival (i.e. - land in Ellis Island, stay in New York…)

• Ethnic neighborhoods develop – people in the neighborhood share a common language, food, history, etc…(i.e. – Little Italy, Little Greece, Chinatown, etc

Where Did Immigrants Settle?

• Only 2% of Immigrants went to the

South – why?

(European) Immigrant Work• Unskilled jobs• Low paying – even children had to work• Long hours• Factory work – tedious, tiring, dangerous• So many people needed jobs – you could

be replaced very easily – don’t even think about calling in sick!

Asian Immigrants (Chinese especially)

• Viewed with suspicion and subject to hostility because the culture was so different!

• Kept to themselveswith otherChineseimmigrants

Jobs for Chinese Immigrants• On the railroad (Transcontinental Railroad

in particular)• Agriculture

• Mining

• Fishing

• Food Prep.

• Laundry

• A Chinese Laundry

Restrictions on Immigration and Modern-Day

Immigration

Why Restrict Immigration?

• Poor Economy in US• War

• Racism• Overpopulation

All these issues lead to official restrictions on

US Immigration

All due to a rise in . . .

Nativism – the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants.

Limiting Immigration – key terms

How do you limit the amount of immigrants coming into a country?

• Exclusions – preventing a group from immigrating

• Quotas – a limit placed on the number allowed to immigrate

Chinese Exclusion Act• Racism and the loss of jobs fuels

Anti-Chinese sentiment in California.• In response to California labor

unions, the U.S. government bans all Chinese laborers from entering the country in 1892!

• This and other Chinese restriction laws remain in effect until 1965!

Compare to . . . The Gentleman’s

Agreement• In California, Asian students attended

segregated schools.

• Japan protests, so…

• T. Roosevelt made a compromise with Japanese officials.

Most notably…

According to the Gentleman’s Agreement – America promised

not to segregate Japanese students and Japan promised

not to send Japanese workers to America

Example of a Quota• Immigration Act of 1924 – limited the

number of immigrants from each country.

• Restricted immigration to 2% of each individual country’s total based on the 1890 US Census.

– IE. There were 200,000 Italian immigrants in the US in 1890. Only 4,000 Italians were allowed entry each year.

Do These Quotas and Exclusions Apply to Other

Groups?

Hmmmmmmmmm . . .

What about Mexico?• Starting in 1902

immigration from Mexico was PROMOTED for jobs in the farming and mining industries of the Southwest

• …how does that differ from today?

Modern-Day Immigration Photos

Reentering El Paso from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico

Border of Nogales, AZ and Nogales, Mexico

Nogales – Border Fence on Left

Barbed Wire

Nogales – Border Fence at End of Road

Mexican-American Border

“God Grew Tired of Us”

• As you are watching the movie, complete the 5-4-3-2-1 chart. You will finish it for your closer today.