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Whats up dude! My name is Patrick OFurniture call me Paddy. I worked on my familys potato farm until our potato crop was lost in the famine of 1879. I have no work and no food, so I am starving for a better life in the United States! I hear there are good jobs and plenty to eat.

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I guess Im not the only one seeking a better life in America. This boat is packed! I sold nearly all of my possessions to buy a ticket, so I am heading to America with only the clothes on my back!

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The captain says the voyage to America will take two weeks. I have never been on a steamship before and I am feeling sea sick. I hope I dont hurl chunks 3

Dude Im green I am totally going to barf!

I think I am going below deck to lay down.

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I feel a lot better after a rest. The cheapest tickets on a steamship are below deck, also know as steerage. I have been assigned a small bunk bed to sleep in. Meals are also served down here. I try not to spend too much time in steerage because it smells bad and is very crowded. 5

We made it! I can see the Statue of Liberty! I am so pumped I might do a little Irish jig! 6

The first stop for immigrants is Ellis Island. They process us here and decide if we can stay in America. 7

I hate waiting in lines, yo! Ellis Island is full of lines made up of immigrants from all over Europe. I hear that I need to pass a bunch of tests to stay in America. I hope I pass! 8

One of the first tests is called the six second medical. That examiner will watch me as a I walk up the stairs. This is a quick health test. America only wants healthy immigrants who can work. 9Now for a written and verbal test.How much is two and one?1b) 3c) 2

10Wrong! Go to the deportation line!(Click to try again)11Wrong! Go to the deportation line!(Click to try again)13Wrong! Go to the deportation line!(Click to try again)15Wrong! Go to the deportation line!(Click to try again)17

Most of the immigrants from Ireland are going to a place called the Five Points. Which part of Five Points should I go to?Bandits RoostThe Bend 19

Most of the immigrants from Ireland are going to a place called the Five Points. Which part of Five Points should I go to?Bandits RoostThe Bend 21

The Bend is an Irish Ghetto. People dress and talk just like in Ireland, so I feel right at home. Now I need a place to stay. Everyone here lives in tenements, or large rundown apartment buildings. I have a few leads. A street vender gave me an address for a boarding apartment. A boy gave me the address of a family who might take a boarder. Where should I live?

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The Bend is an Irish Ghetto. People dress and talk just like in Ireland so I feel right at home. Now I need a place to stay. Everyone lives in tenements here, or large rundown apartment buildings. A street vender gave me an address of boarding apartment. A boy gave me the address of a family who might take a boarder. Where should I live?

5 cent boardingCawley Family24Wanted: Young boys to help manufacture glass bottles. Pay is based on experience. -USA Bottle and GlassWanted: Young workers for textile work. You will be responsible for replacing bobbins on large spinning frames. Plenty of overtime! -Nuttin Fancy FabricMr. Cawley gave me two job leads. They both hire immigrants, and are only a few blocks from where I am staying. Which job do I want? 26

Man this place is HOT! Making bottles is hard work. I am constantly getting burned by the glass. Most of the workers are boys around my age. We talk when the foreman isnt around. I work 12 hours a day, 6 days a week. Unfortunately, I have no time for school. But at least Im not starving in Ireland!27NativismNativism is when people already living in the United States developed strong anti-immigrant feelings toward those trying to get into the country. As a result, the government eventually passed quota laws in 1921 & 1924 that allowed only a certain number of people from each country to enter the US (3% rule: each country would be allowed to send 3% of that ethnicity already in the U.S.). This system heavily favored immigrants from Northern Europe (because a large number of immigrants from these countries were already here), while severely restricting immigrants from Eastern Europe & Asia (because they had few immigrants already here).

The next two slides contain six political cartoons dealing with nativist attitudes in the United States at the turn of the century. Choose two cartoons & complete a Cartoon Analysis Worksheet for each. Then, complete both graphic organizers (you may need to use your notes from Chapter 21, Section1).

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