Write 10 interesting facts you find in those papers. April 9, 2015 IMMIGRATION Clear off your desk and get ready to take your quiz. When you finish the quiz start reading through the papers in the folders on your desk. Write 10 interesting facts you find in those papers.
Bring work for Service Project HOMEWORK: Bring work for Service Project Bring in a colored flag that represents your heritage Due Monday-The Arrival Lesson
Flag- you need to copy one that is not colored and color it yourself POLAND SCOTLAND
Old Immigrants 1700-1860 Old immigrants-Western Europe Irish German Northern European
New Immigrants 1880s-1920s New Immigrants-Eastern Europe East& South Europe(Italy,Romania, Russia, Turkey)
Push Factors What is pushing the immigrants out of their homeland? Political turmoil Poor harvests Religious persecution
Pull Factors What is pulling immigrants to the US? “freedom” Political stability Opportunity to vote Economic opportunities land Jobs in factories
How are the “New” immigrants different from the “Old”? Religion: more Catholics, Jews Language: non-English/Germanic Foods:
Eastern Point of Entry Ellis Island (NY, NY)
West Coast Point of Entry Angel Island (San Francisco, CA)
West Coast Point of Entry Angel Island (San Francisco, CA) The sea-scape resembles lichen twisting and turning for a thousand li.' There is no shore to land and it is difficult to walk. With a gentle breeze I arrived at the city thinking all would be so. At ease, how was one to know he was to live in a wooden building? Life was very hard at Angel Island and many wrote poems on the walls of their time on the island. It was not a pleasant experience and many were deported.
VOCABULARY NATURALIZATION-process by which US citizenship is granted to a foreign citizen after fulfilling requirements DEPORTATION- the removal of a person to his/her home country NATIVISM-the belief that favors only people who are native to a country; anti-immigration
Nativism: Response to Immigration