other americans fights for rights mexican immigrants jewscatholics japanese immigrants
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Other Americans Fights for Rights
Mexican Immigrants
Jews Catholics
Japanese Immigrants
Mexican Immigrants by 1900
.
Mexican Immigrants by 1900
1/2 Million
in U.S.A.
Mexican Immigrants by 1900
Legal Segregation1/2 Million
in U.S.A.
Mexican Immigrants by 1900
Legal Segregation
Inferior schools
1/2 Million
in U.S.A.
Mexican Immigrants by 1900
Legal Segregation
Banned from white schools
Inferior schools
1/2 Million
in U.S.A.
Think about it…
How were the experiences of Mexican immigrants similar
to or different from the experiences of African
Americans?
Revolution and Famine in Mexico 1910
Revolution and Famine in Mexico 1910
Thousands flee to U.S.
Revolution and Famine in Mexico 1910
Thousands flee to U.S.
Poor Farmers
MiddleAnd Upper
Class
Revolution and Famine in Mexico 1910
Thousands flee to U.S.
Poor Farmers
MiddleAnd Upper
Class
Settle in Southwest U.S.
Revolution and Famine in Mexico 1910
Thousands flee to U.S.
Poor Farmers
MiddleAnd Upper
Class
Settle in Southwest U.S.
Find a Job?YES NO
Revolution and Famine in Mexico 1910
Thousands flee to U.S.
Poor Farmers
MiddleAnd Upper
Class
Settle in Southwest U.S.
Find a Job?Stay in Southwest
Go to Midwest
and RockiesYES NO
Think about it…
How do these migration patterns reflect migration patterns of other
immigrants that came to the United States? What logical conclusion can you draw from migration choices of
immigrants?
Mexican Immigrants
Mexican Immigrants
Field HandsBuilt Roads
Dug Irrigation Ditches
City Factories
Mexican Immigrants
Field HandsBuilt Roads
Dug Irrigation Ditches
City Factories Paid less than whites
Mexican Immigrants
Field HandsBuilt Roads
Dug Irrigation Ditches
City Factories
Preserve languageAnd culture
Create BarriosFormed
Mutualistas
Paid less than whites
Mutualistas
“Mutual Aid Groups” Immigrant aid society Pooled money
Pay for insurance and legal advice Collect money
For sick and needy
Think about it…
Will the mutualistas be successful? Why or why
not?
Asian Americans
BACKGROUND:
Cause: Chinese Exclusion Act bars Chinese immigrants
Result: Employers hire workers from other Asian countries
Japanese Immigrants
Japanese Immigrants
First enter Hawaii
Japanese Immigrants
First enter Hawaii Enter mainlandUnited States
Japanese Immigrants
First enter Hawaii Enter mainlandUnited States
U.S. annexes HA in 1898
Japanese Immigrants
First enter Hawaii Enter mainlandUnited States
Settle on dryBarren land
U.S. annexes HA in 1898
Japanese Immigrants
First enter Hawaii Enter mainlandUnited States
Settle on dryBarren land
U.S. annexes HA in 1898
Mostly Farmers
Japanese Immigrants
First enter Hawaii Enter mainlandUnited States
Settle on dryBarren land
Produce big portion of CA
Fruits and vegetables
U.S. annexes HA in 1898
Mostly Farmers
Japanese Immigrants
First enter Hawaii Enter mainlandUnited States
Settle on dryBarren land
Produce big portion of CA
Fruits and vegetables
U.S. annexes HA in 1898
Mostly Farmers
Work hard
Think about it….
What same conclusion can we apply to Japanese immigration that we
discussed about Mexican and other immigration patterns?
Problems
Prejudice
California Japan
Problems
PrejudiceProtested the insult
Segregated schools
California Japan
Problems
PrejudiceProtested the insult
Segregated schools
Roosevelt pressuredto limit immigration
California Japan
Problems
PrejudiceProtested the insult
Segregated schools
Roosevelt pressuredto limit immigration
Will restrict Immigration if
Segregation ends
Condemns segregated
schools
California Japan
Problems
PrejudiceProtested the insult
Segregated schools
Roosevelt pressuredto limit immigration
Will restrict Immigration if
Segregation ends
Condemns segregated
schools
Gentleman’s Agreement
California Japan
Gentleman’s Agreement
JAPAN Stop any more
workers from going to U.S.
UNITED STATES All Japanese women
can join husbands already in the country
Anti-Japanese feelings still high.
Barred from land ownership in CA in 1913.
Religious Minorities
BACKGROUND:
Cause: New wave of immigration brought Roman Catholics and Jews.
Effect: Nativism in the U.S. rise.
Catholics
Catholics
Anti-CatholicAmerican Protective
Association
Teachers lecture against Pope Textbooks contain
prejudice comments
Catholics
Anti-CatholicAmerican Protective
Association
Teachers lecture against Pope Textbooks contain
prejudice comments
RESULT
Catholics
Anti-CatholicAmerican Protective
Association
Set up own parochial school system
Teachers lecture against Pope Textbooks contain
prejudice comments
RESULT
JEWS
JEWS
Anti-Semitism Lynching
Unfair trials (Ex. Georgia)
JEWS
Anti-Semitism Lynching
RESULT
Unfair trials (Ex. Georgia)
JEWS
Anti-Semitism Lynching
RESULT
Found Anti-Defamation League to promote understanding and fight prejudice against Jews.
Unfair trials (Ex. Georgia)
Think about it…
How are religious discrimination and
racial/ethnic discrimination both similar and different?
Is one worse than the other? Why or why not?
Homework Based on what you know about the
experiences of Mexicans, Japanese, African Americans, Jews, and Catholics in America, which group do you think faced the most difficult obstacles to achieving equal rights and treatment? Explain why you think so.