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STAGES OF IMMIGRATION
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FOCUS QUESTIONList five reasons for people to move
from one place to another. Explain which is the best reason to move.
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FOUR MAJOR WAVESColonial ImmigrationAntebellum ImmigrationGilded Age ImmigrationModern Immigration
Each wave has similarities and differences
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COLONIAL IMMIGRATION1650 through 1800Largely from the British Isles and
AfricaSought freedom and landFaced difficulties
Border warfare withNative Americans
Carving home fromwilderness
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ANTEBELLUM IMMIGRATION1835-1860Largely from Germany and Ireland
Came seeking liberty, land, and work
Faced discrimination and poverty
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GILDED AGE IMMIGRATION1870-1920Largely Southern and Eastern
Europe and AsiaCame seeking work and freedom
Faced discrimination, culture shock, poverty
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MODERN IMMIGRATION1970 through todayLargely came from Latin America,
Africa, and AsiaCome largely seeking freedom and
workFace discrimination
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GILDED AGE IMMIGRATION“New Immigrants”Tended to settle in the cities
Drawn to the industrial jobs of the period
Lacked funds to purchaseland elsewhere
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ELLIS ISLANDMajor immigration processing center
on the East Coast12 million from 1892 to 1954Angel Island on the Pacific
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CULTURE SHOCKLives of Immigrants turned around
Move from the farms to the factory
Move from the country toan urban world
Move away from familiarcustoms and languages to a new world
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COPING MECHANISMSSettle in Immigrant NeighborhoodsForm attachments to “national”
churchesForm ethnic solidarity clubsFind the familiar in the chaos of the
new
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FACED DISCRIMINATIONRising tensions with “Old
Immigrants” and Native-bornPromoted Immigration restriction
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1880Alien Land Laws“Gentlemen’s Agreement” with
Japan
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NATIONAL ORIGINS ACT OF 1924Set up immigration quotasSet at 2% of the ethnicity’s
population from 1890Designed to limit immigration
from “undesirable” countriesPromoted by “eugenicists”
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