Bell Ringer: –DO THE FOLLOWING: Analyze political cartoons: –1. Observe- write down concrete...

Bell Ringer:

– DO THE FOLLOWING:•Analyze political cartoons:

–1. Observe- write down concrete items you see for both pictures.

–2. Infer- write down what you can infer about each cartoon from the concrete items you found.

–3. Compare- Explain the different opinions portrayed by the 2 cartoons.

What is immigration?

Immigration is the movement of people from

one country or region to another in order to

make a new home.

Immigrate = enter Emigrate = leave

Salad Bowl Theory Melting Pot Theory

What is an immigrant?

An immigrant is a person who moves fromone country or region to another in order

tomake a new home.

Picture from: http://www.hmongstudies.org/HmongCulturalCenterESLProgramPhotos05.html

Brainstorm the difference:

• Write: –Brainstorm the difference

between the melting pot theory of immigration and the salad bowl theory of immigration.

Some Statistics

Immigration to US 1820-2000

0

1,000,000

2,000,000

3,000,000

4,000,000

5,000,000

6,000,000

7,000,000

8,000,000

9,000,000

10,000,000

1820-3

0

1831-4

0

1841-5

0

1851-6

0

1861-7

0

1871-8

0

1881-9

0

1891-0

0

1901-1

0

1911-2

0

1921-3

0

1931-4

0

1941-5

0

1951-6

0

1961-7

0

1971-8

0

1981-9

0

1991-0

0

Period Total1820-30 151,8241831-40 599,1251841-50 1,713,2511851-60 2,598,2141861-70 2,314,8241871-80 2,812,1911881-90 5,246,6131891-00 3,687,5641901-10 8,795,3861911-20 5,735,8111921-30 4,107,2091931-40 528,4311941-50 1,035,0391951-60 2,515,4791961-70 3,321,6771971-80 4,493,3141981-90 7,338,0621991-00 9,095,417

This chart and table show the number of immigrants that came to the United States from 1820-2000. What three time periods experienced the highest number of immigrants?Source of data: Immigration and Naturalization Service, US Department of Justice

Immigration to the United States 1820-

2000

1820-1880 Main Sources of Immigration

• In this period of time almost 10.2 million immigrants came to the United States

• The main countries the immigrants came from were in

Northern and Western Europe “Old Immigrants”


The three main countries that immigrantscame from in 1820-1880

Germany 3.0 million



Ireland 2.8 million



United Kingdom 1.9 million


• In this period of time almost 23.5 million immigrants came to the United States

• The main countires the immigrants came from were in Southern and Eastern Europe

• New Immigrants


Italy 4.0 million


Austria Hungary 4.0 million (Austria and Hungary are now separate countries. The maps below show

each of them)

Austria Hungary

The three main countriesthat immigrants came from in 1881-1920

Soviet Union: 4.0 million The Union of the Soviet Social Republics (Soviet Union) was formed in 1917 and ended in 1991. The 15 states of the Soviet Union are now each their own country which are shown on this map. They are Russia, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldava.

New Immigrants and Nativism

• Nativism is the extreme dislike of immigrants by native-born people.

• Nativists feared Irish, Italian, Polish and Russian Catholic and Jewish people.

• Congress attempted to limit their entrance

Foreign Born Population, Top Countries of Origin 1920


12.111.6

10.1

8.2 8.2 8.2

7.5

4.54.1

3.5

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

Percentage of foreign born population from each country

Source of data: Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce




12.9

10.29.8

7.9 7.77.1

5.9

3.53.1

2.5

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14





27.6

4.3 3.8 3.5 3.4 3 2.7 2.5 2.4 2.4

0

5

10

15

20

25

30


Immigration 1820-1996 Top Ten Countries of Last Residence

Germany18%

Mexico13%

Italy13%

United Kingdom13%

Ireland12%

Canada11%

Soviet Union, former

9%

Austria4%

Hungary4%

Philippines3%

GermanyMexicoItalyUnited KingdomIrelandCanadaSoviet Union, formerAustriaHungaryPhilippines

Source of data: Immigration and Naturalization Service, US Department of Justice

Immigration 1981-1996 Top 10 Countries of Birth

Mexico42%

Philippines11%

Vietnam9%

China7%

Dominican Republic7%

India6%

Korea6%

El Salvador5%

Jamaica4%

Cuba3%

Mexico

Philippines

Vietnam

China

Dominican Republic

India

Korea

El Salvador

Jamaica

Cuba

Source of data: Immigration and Naturalization Service, US Department of Justice

Push and Pull Factors!• Activity:

– Brainsorm 5 Push Factors: Reasons that would convince you to leave the U.S. to another country, where a better life would be possible for you and your family-> What would “push” you to immigrate to another country from the U.S.

– Brainstorm 5 Pull Factors: Pick a country you would immigrate to if you had to leave the U.S. What are the reasons you would go to this particular country?->What “pulls” you there.

-Push and Pull Factors

-New Immigrants in America

Ellis Island

• 1st View of America

• 6-Second Medical Exam

• Complete Medical Exams by 1917

• Legal Inspection• 1921-Visa and

Literacy Test

Angel Island

• Asian Immigrants arrived on the West coast, where they settled mainly in cities.

• Many were discriminate against by the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 - barred most Chinese immigration until repealed in 1943

Problems of Urbanization

• Lack of Housing and open areas of land

• Lack of safe and efficient transportation

• Fire Hazards• Crime• Lack of Sanitation• Water

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