Today’s Warm Up

Answer on your warm up/exit ticket sheet:

What would make you want to move to another country? Where would you want to go?

European Immigration

Today’s LEQ: What factors influenced European immigration and settlement?

Immigrants from Europe

Some immigrants came from Asia, Mexico & Canada, but most came from Europe

1st WAVE: 1840s-1890s, Europeans came from northern & western EuropeIrish, British, German, Scandinavian

2nd WAVE: Late 1800s-1900s, more Europeans began coming from southern & eastern EuropeItalians, Greeks, Hungarians, Poles, Russians

Why Europeans EmigratedPush Factors Difficulties in

Europe Population Growth Lack of Jobs Crop Failures Lack of Arable Land (suitable for growing crops)

Why Europeans Emigrated Hunger Pogroms – organized persecution or extermination of an ethnic group▪Russian & Polish Jews

Why Europeans Emigrated

Pull Factors Opportunities in the U.S.Life in a Free & Democratic SocietyAchieve their DreamsNatural Resources

Farmland, Minerals, ForestsJobs“America Letters” – letters from family members who had already emigrated

Improvement in TransportationAfter the Civil War, the steamship

replaced the sailing ship 2 weeks versus 3 months

Some passengers could afford cabins, but most had to settle for steerage

Improvement in Transportation Steerage – area below the main deck▪ Seasickness, spoiled food, filthy conditions▪During the day, huddled on the deck for fresh air

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame, "Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore, Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

Emma Lazarus, New York City, 1883

Ellis Island Immigration Station, 1892

RegistrationMedical Inspections – “Six-second Exam”

Physical & Eye ExamSome pulled aside for a closer inspection

L – Lameness H – Heart Condition X – Mental Problem E – Eye Condition

Detained or DeportedHitch Video Clip