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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.
