IB History of the Americas U.S. Immigration Policy
U.S. Immigration “Open” Immigration National Origins Acts (Quota Acts) Gentlemen’s Agreement Chinese Exclusion Act Immigration & Nationality Act
Why do people immigrate? Push Factors: Reasons why migrants leave their homelands. Pull Factors: Reasons why migrants are attracted to certain areas.
Three Waves of U.S. Immigration First Wave (Old Immigrants) Second Wave (New Immigrants) Third Wave (Newest Immigrants) Present
First Wave (Old) Immigrants Arrived: Origins: Ireland & Germany Most were Catholic Push Factors: Potato Famine, Religious & Political Persecution and Instability Pull Factors: Jobs in northeastern factories A Nativist Political Cartoon
Discrimination Against Asians Chinese laborers recruited for railroad construction in the West CA excluded from mining Chinese Exclusion Act (1882): Prohibited Chinese & Korean Immigration to U.S. Gentlemen’s Agreement (1907): Japan would not allow its citizens to migrate to the U.S. By Thomas Nast (1882)
Second Wave (New) Immigrants Arrived Origins: Southern & Eastern Europe Diverse Languages & Religions (Catholic, Jewish, & Eastern Orthodox) Push Factors: Religious persecution, economic & politicl instability Pull Factors: Jobs created by industrialization
Second Wave Immigration
Third Wave (Newest) Immigrants Arrived 1965-Present Origins: Everywhere... (Esp. Latin America, Asia, Eastern Europe) Push Factors: Lower standard of living, ethnic or religious persecution Pull Factors: Jobs & economic prosperity A Naturalization Ceremony for New Citizens
Nativism Nativism: Anti-Immigrant Feelings The Know Nothings: Anti- Immigrant Group in the 1850s… mainly targeted Irish & Germans Anti-Chinese discrimination & violence in the 1880s The Ku Klux Klan: In the 1920s, northern faction mainly targeted immigrants (mainly Catholics & Jews) The Quota Acts were clear examples of Nativist legislation.