Daily Goals Content: Literacy: Social: You will understand what caused immigrants to come to the US. You will understand what effects immigration had on the U.S. Literacy: You will understand the terms: push factor, pull factor, political boss, and nativism. Social: You will discuss important points in the lesson with your Study Buddy to get your thoughts together.

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Why Europeans Immigrated “Give me your tired, your poor, / Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free…” Where did immigrants come from?

SIDE NOTE! What is a push / pull factor? Examples of a push factor/ pull factor

Push / Pull Factors PUSH: population growth, hunger and religious persecution Pogroms – organized, anti-Jewish attacks PULL: opportunity, jobs, land and the sometimes misleading America letters “land of milk and honey…streets paved with gold…”

The Trip What too three months now took two weeks due to steamships Seasickness, spoiled food and filthy toilets Separation on the ship by class What did third class passengers face?

Ellis Island “Six second exam” 29 Question Exam Marked clothing with chalk (L,H,X and E) Faced possible deportation 29 Question Exam “Do you have work waiting for you?” / Foran Act of 1885 About 2% of immigrants were denied entry Ride on ferry to NYC

Urban Populations Explode Most immigrants settled in places like New York, Chicago, Boston, Cleveland, etc. Lived in areas with those who spoke the same language Riis’s imagined map of the city

American Response New immigrants had to “find their own way” financially Who could they rely on? “pass the hat” Settlement Houses – established as a community center to help guide immigrants Political Bosses – Assimilation / Americanization Happened with children at school, needing to fit in

Side Note! Assimilation: Americanization:

American Response Cultural differences created backlash Anarchy / Socialism Nativisim spreads like wildfire Religious and cultural differences and economic downturn fueled the fire By the 1920’s Congress had passed legislation to slow immigration Became based on quota

Immigration from Asia “…utter heathens, treacherous, sensual, cowardly, cruel…” - Henry George Chinese “could never be Americanized” Mob violence towards Chinese Economic woes blamed on Chinese Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) – no immigration of Chinese for 10 years

Angel Island “Ellis Island of the West” Detained for questioning Asked extremely specific questions to prevent Chinese from forging their way into the country Could be detained for weeks, months, even years Angel Island = miserable place

Other Asian Immigrant Groups Immigrants came as farm laborers and service industry workers from: Korea, Philippines, and Japan Anti-Asian feelings caused segregation – led to a Gentleman’s Agreement between TR and Japan Japanese allowed emigrants, with certain family demands