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Transcript of Ellis IslandEllis Island—chief U.S. immigration station, in New York Harbor.
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Ellis Island• Ellis Island—chief U.S. immigration station, in New York Harbor
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Immigration from Europe, Asia, Mexico, and the Caribbean forces
cities to confront overcrowding. Local and national political corruption
sparks calls for reform
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Through the “Golden Door”
• Millions of Immigrants• Some immigrants seek better lives; others temporary
jobs• Europeans
– 1870–1920, about 20 million Europeans arrive in U.S.
– Many flee religious persecution: Jews driven from Russia by pogroms
– Population growth results in lack of farmland, industrial jobs – Reform movements, revolts influence young who seek
independent lives
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Through the “Golden Door”
• Chinese and Japanese– About 300,000 Chinese arrive; earliest one
attracted by gold rush
- work in railroads, farms, mines, domestic service, business
– Japanese work on Hawaiian plantations, then go to West Coast
- by 1920, more than 200,000 on West Coast
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• The West Indies and Mexico– About 260,000 immigrants from West Indies; most
seek industrial jobs– Mexicans flee political turmoil; after 1910,
700,000 arrive– National Reclamation Act creates farmland, draws
Mexican farmers
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Cooperation for Survival
• Immigrants must create new life: find work, home, learn new ways
• Many seek people who share cultural values, religion, language
- ethnic communities form• Friction develops between “hyphenated”
Americans, native-born
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The Rise of Nativism• Melting pot - in U.S. people blend by abandoning native culture
-Assimilation: the process of adapting or adjusting to the culture of a group or
nation- immigrants didn’t always want to give up their cultural identity
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Nativism - overt favoritism toward native-born Americans
- Nativists believe Anglo-Saxons superior to other ethnic groups
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Immigration Restrictions
Anti-Asian Sentiment•Nativism finds foothold in labor movement, especially in West
- fear Chinese immigrants who work for less• Labor groups exert political pressure to restrict Asian immigration• 1882, Chinese Exclusion Act bans entry to most Chinese
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Immigration Restrictions
• Gentlemen’s Agreement - Japan limits emigration
- in return, U.S. repeals segregation
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Nativist Organize• The Workingman’s Party
– Founded in California– Fought against Chinese Immigration
• The American Protective Association– Founded by Henry Bowers in 1887– Anti-Catholic Organization
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Closing discussion topics…
• How did nativism affect employment and wages?
• Did nativism play a role in social structure?
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Exit Ticket
• On your own paper and in complete sentences write about issues that we face today in the work force that directly relates to immigration. Explain how the issues that we face today are similar or different from the issues discussed in the lesson.