Immigration The Story of ALL of us!
United States 1860 Population: 31.5 million Before 1855 no immigrant processing center 1865-1920 immigrants: 30 million -
European Groups Early immigration from Northern & Western Europe (mostly Protestants) Later immigration (1890’s) - Southern & Eastern Europe (mostly Catholics or Jews)
Changes in Emigration to America
Steerage
Registry Room-Ellis Island
Angel Island Men would send pictures to Japan & then a marriage would be arranged. In Japan marriage done; US must have ceremony
Challenges of Urbanization Urbanization: growth of cities, mostly in the regions of the Northeast and Midwest Ghettos: sections of cities in which certain ethnic or racial groups lived Tenements: multifamily urban dwellings that were often times overcrowded and unsanitary Mass Transit: transportation system designed to move large numbers along fixed routes Social Gospel Movement: preached salvation through service to the poor Establishment of settlement houses
Reaction to Immigration Nativism: overt favoritism toward native-board Americans Exclusion Act: passed for 10 year span ending immigration from Chinese; punishment to ship owners who brought in immigrants; made permanent in 1902 and exists until 1943