Immigration Simulation When on Ferry or in Quarantine/Detention: Record interviews with at least 3 other people
Prompt #5 Describe your experience or the experiences you witnessed in the immigration simulation. List at least seven (7) different experiences you noticed.
Immigrant Experiences Chart & Letter
European Immigration (1900-1920)
Most came from southern and eastern Europe Mass Immigration 1880-1921, 23 million immigrants to U.S. Most came from southern and eastern Europe Due to: Overpopulation, extreme poverty, prejudice
Immigrants in pens at Ellis Island
Angel Island
Asian Immigrants Culturally very different experienced a lot of discrimination and prejudice Chinese recruited for railroad Chinese workers accepted lower wages Chinese Exclusion Act (1882- 1943) no Chinese laborers could enter U.S.
Immigrant Experiences Chart & Letter