Objective: To discuss how immigrants adjusted to life in America.

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Objective: To discuss how immigrants adjusted to life in America.

Adjusting to a New Land · Most immigrants stayed in the cities where they landed. · By 1900, lower Manhattan was the most crowded place in the world. Hester Street, ca. 1900

Essex Street, Lower East Side, New York City, ca. 1900

· Immigrants adjusted by settling in communities with people of their own ethnic group. Little Italy, New York City A Jewish vendor in Lower East Side, New York City

· Assimilation was a long, slow process. Assimilation - The process whereby a minority group gradually adopts the customs and attitudes of the majority culture.

· Chinese immigrants were frequently attacked, and occasionally killed, by racist mobs. Nativism: Anti-Immigrant Feelings · Many Americans feared that new immigrants would never assimilate. · Asians were prohibited from buying land in California. Video: Snake River Massacre (1:50) Seattle's anti-Chinese riot of February 8, 1886

- It was renewed several times by Congress before being repealed in 1943 by the Supreme Court. Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) – Video (1 min.)Video (1 min.) - It barred the immigration of Chinese laborers for 10 years.