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AMERICAN HISTORY IIMR. HOOD13 JANUARY 2014

7.1 THE NEW IMMIGRANTS

AMERICAN HISTORY IIMR. HOOD`S NOTES13 JANUARY 2014

KEY IDEAIMMIGRATION FROM EUROPE, ASIA,

THE CARIBBEAN, AND MEXICO REACHED A NEW HIGH IN THE LATE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURIES.

WHY IT MATTERS NOWTHIS WAVE OF IMMIGRATION HELPED

MAKE THE UNITED STATES THE DIVERSE SOCIETY IT IS TODAY.

INTRODUCTION

MILLIONS FLOCKED TO THE UNITED STATES OF

AMERICA

IN SEARCH OF A BETTER LIFE

THE POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES

ROSE

IMMIGRANTS SUPPLIED A WILLING

WORKFORCE

IMMIGRATION HELPED MAKE

USA A DIVERSE SOCIETY

OBJECTIVE 1

IDENTIFY IMMGRANTS´ COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN

MILLIONS ENTERED

THE UNITED STATES

PROMISE OF BETTER LIFE

ESCAPING DIFFICULT

CONDITIONS AT HOME

1- FAMINE: EXTREME SCARCITY

OF FOOD

2 - LAND SHORTAGES

3 - RELIGIOUS PERSECUTIION

4 - POLITICAL PERSECUTION

U.S.A. WELCOMED IMMIGRANTS

PROVIDED CHEAP LABOR

20 MILLION EUROPEANS

MOVED TO THE U.S.A.

300, 000 CHINESE

200, 000 JAPANESE

260, 000 CARIBBEANS

700, 000 MEXICANS

OBJECTIVE 2

DESCRIBE THE JOURNEY IMMIGRANTS ENDURED AND THEIR

EXPERIENCE AT UNITED STATES

IMMIGRATION CENTRES

GETTING TO U.S.A. WAS VERY

DIFFICULT

IMMIGRANTS TRAVELED MOSTLY BY

STEAMBOAT

JOURNEY TO U.S.A. TOOK

1 WEEK FROM EUROPE

EUROPEANS

ARRIVED AT ELLIS ISLAND

IMMIGRANTS FIRST IMAGE WAS OF STATUE

OF LIBERTY

LADY LIBERTY CONSIDERED “MOTHER

OF EXILES”

LADY LIBERTY REPRESENTED

F R E E D O M

1892 –1924 17 MILLION PASSED THROUGH

ELLIS ISLAND

JOURNEY TO U.S.A.

TOOK 3 WEEKS FROM ASIA

ASIANS ARRIVED AT ANGEL

ISLAND

1910 –1940 50, 000 PASSED THROUGH

ANGEL ISLAND

20% OF IMMIGRANTS DETAINED FOR 1 DAY TO

BE INSPECTED

TOOK 4 HOURS TO PASS THROUGH ELLIS

ISLAND

ELLIS + ANGEL ISLAND

UNFRIENDLY PROCESS

1 - PHYSICAL

EXAMINATION: SICK SENT HOME

U.S. WANTED HEALTHY WORKERS,

DIDN´T WANT DISEASE TO SPREAD

2 - GOVERNMENT INSPECTION

DOCUMENTS + LEGAL REQUIREMENTS

U.S. REQUIRED IMMIGRANTS HAD MONEY, DIDN´T WANT TO LOOK

AFTER POOR

2% OF ALL IMMIGRANTS

DENIED ENTRY

AFTER ENTERING, IMMIGRANTS FACED

IMMEDIATE PROBLEMS

WHERE TO LIVE?

ALIEN CULTURE AND

LANGUAGE

BUT IMMIGRANTS

STUCK TOGETHER

POOLED MONEY TO BUILD RELIGIOUS

BUILDINGS

AMERICANS SAW

IMMIGRANTS SEEN AS A THREAT

A THREAT TO

AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE

OBJECTIVE 3

EXAMINE THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF THE

NATIVISTS´ANTI-IMMIGRANT

SENTIMENTS

UNITED STATES IS

A MELTING POT

MIX OF PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT

CULTURES

MANY IMMIGRANTS DID NOT WANT TO ABANDON THEIR OWN

CULTURES

THIS RESULTED IN AMERICAN

NATIVISM

NATIVISM WAS FAVORITISM TO PEOPLE

BORN IN THE U.S.A.

GROWING HATRED OF IMMIGRANTS

ESPECIALLY TOWARDSASIAN

IMMIGRANTS

LED TO CHINESE

EXCLUSION ACT

THE ACT BANNED CHINESE

ENTERING

FEARS EXTENDED TO JAPANESE

USA AND JAPAN HAD GENTLEMAN´S AGREEMENT

JAPANESE GOVERNMENT

RESTRICTED IMMIGRATION TO U.S.A.

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