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What do you think these people are thinking in this photograph?
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14 Million between 1860-1900 Looking for a new life
U.S. Born 1870- 32,676,000 1880- 42,869,000 1890- 52,919,000 1900- 64,344,000
Foreign Born 1870- 5,480,000 1880- 6,499,000 1890- 9,198,000 1900- 10,263,000
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U.S. had plenty of new jobs
Few immigration restrictions
Avoid military service
Jewish population fled from religious persecution
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Processing Center for many immigrants
Most passed through in about a day
Layers of inspections
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You carried you entire life.
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About 1 in 5 newcomers were marked with chalk “H” heart problems “K” for hernias “X” for mental disability
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Eye Test.
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The Button Hook
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Waiting to see if they have passed.
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Registry Room
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Waiting their turn
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Registry Room
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You thought lines at Disneyland were bad!
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Inspection Card Showing you have no diseases
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Immigrants often settled in large cities
New York, Chicago, Milwaukee, and Detroit
Neighborhoods were often separated into ethnic groups
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Life was nearly as good as they were told it would be.
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Buildings were often sub-standard.
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How well immigrants adapted depended on how well they learned: English American Culture
Adapted better if they had: Working skills Money Connection to own ethnic group
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China was suffering from: Unemployment Famine Poverty
Discovery of gold in California brought new immigrants
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Central Pacific Railroad hired on Chinese immigrants
Settled in Western cities Laborers, servants, or merchants
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San Francisco Bay Barracks opened to process Asian
Immigrants Most were young males in teens or
early 20’s Could be housed for months waiting
process
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Arrival in Angel Island
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Same types of exams
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And More Tests…
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Detention Building…while you waited
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"Ellis Island was created to let Europeans in," said Robert Barde, deputy director of the Institute of Business and Economic Research at the University of California, Berkeley, who is writing a book on immigration.
"Angel Island was created to keep the Chinese out."
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