What just happened and how did it make you feel?

1.Number a piece of paper Leave space in between 3.Look at the pictures 4.Make observations

Chapter 20 Immigration

Old Immigrants - New Immigrants - Travel /Steerage - Immigration Centers Ellis Island – Angel Island/Chinese – El Paso, Texas/Mexicans -

City Life Immigrants settled in neighborhoods with others from the same country: languages, food, customs, etc. Opened shops, newspapers, churches, aid organizations (benevolent societies) Many lived in city tenements (poorly built, overcrowded apartments)

Work – low paying factory work, sweatshops (clothing), some private businesses Opposition Nativism – Chinese Exclusion Act –

Challenges faced by new immigrants EducationWork Culture Living Conditions

If the Yankees Congress can keep the yellow man out, what is to hinder them from keeping us out to?

In 1951 the immigration historian Oscar Handlin wrote in his book “The Uprooted”: “Once I thought to write a history of the immigrants in America. Then I discovered that the immigrants were American history.” Immigrants have provided the labor to build up our nation, transform its culture and define who we are as Americans. Despite the importance of immigrants to our economy, society and culture, the country has not always welcomed immigrants… People have come to these shores for economic opportunity or to escape religious, political or other persecution. Immigrants have tried to transplant their values and culture from their homeland, but by the second generation have usually found themselves adapting to their new circumstances. Upon their arrival, immigrants have had to find a way to earn a living, most as workers, but also as farmers and entrepreneurs. While confronting discrimination in their new land, immigrants have transformed both themselves and America.

Define exclusion. Historical ExamplesDaily Life Examples Religious dissenters from Europe Women’s lack of full citizenship Property and education requirements for voting Segregation in the South Discriminating immigrants Cliques in school Dress codes College requirements All discrimination Immigration restrictions The act or practice of excluding (keep or shut out; prevent from entering)

Review the Timeline in pairs. Find incidents of inclusion and exclusion.

Massacre at Rock Springs

If you could sum up what you learned today about American immigration it would be….