Post on 11-Jan-2016
WARM UP (HONORS)
Drop off last week’s warm-up sheet & pick up the new one for this week!
Imagine you are moving to a new country and you can only pack one suitcase. What would you pack?
WARM UP (CP)Read the “Gateway to Hope” cartoon and answer these questions:
1.What were two reasons immigrants came to America?
2.Did all immigrants stay in America? How do you know?
3.Was life easy for new immigrants in America?
REVIEW
Before 1890: Mainly Northern/Western Europe
After 1890: Southern/Eastern Europe
POPULATION CHANGE
US population 1860: 31.5 million
US population 1920: 61.5 million
WHY DID THEY LEAVE?
PUSH/PULL!!
PUSH FACTORS
PUSH FACTORS
Lack of jobs!
PUSH FACTORS
Gov’t tyranny
PUSH FACTORS
Crop Failures! Land Shortages!
PUSH FACTORS
Famine
PUSH FACTORS
High taxes/cost of living
PUSH FACTORS
Political/Religious Persecution
BUT HOW DID THEY GET HERE???
Steamships!
2-3 weeks to 1 week by 1900
Created “birds of passage”-single male worker who came for a short time, earn money, and return home
STEERAGE
For the “economically disadvantaged” Most immigrants travelled in steerage
Large open area under the ship’s deck Cheap fares Limited toilet facilities w/ no privacy
WELCOME TO AMERICA!
BostonPhiladelphiaBaltimoreSeattleSan FranciscoBut New York was most popular!
What was the first immigration station
in America?
CASTLE GARDEN!
Castle Garden
Opened in 1855 Southern tip of Manhattan 70% of all European immigrants arrived in
NYC Admitted 8 mil. people from 1855-1890 Closed in 1890—overwhelmed!!
Ellis Island opens in 1892
Ellis Island
NY harbor “Process” those in lower class/steerage Medical check-up & asked series of questions
Medical Inspection
If doctors found any indication of disease, he marked the shoulder or lapel of an immigrant’s clothing with chalk
Deportation
Deportation: to send an immigrant back to their country of their origin
Deported due to serious diseases: trachoma, etc.
Deportation also of: “idiots, imbeciles, feeble-minded persons, epileptics, insane persons; …persons with chronic alcoholism”
QUARANTINE
Sometimes immigrants were “quarantined” (isolated to prevent the spread of disease)
Tuberculosis, small pox, measles, etc.
INTERVIEW
Took place after medical exam Name? Occupation? Who paid your fare? Can you read or write? How much money do you have? Have you been to prison or in a poorhouse? Where are you going? Do you have a job already?
Can You Draw a Diamond?
IS ENGLISH HARD TO LEARN?
CLOSER
You are a new immigrant who has just arrived at Ellis Island. What do you…
See? Hear? Feel?
(“Feel” meaning what do you feel emotionally?)