Bell Ringer: –DO THE FOLLOWING: Analyze political cartoons: –1. Observe- write down concrete items you see for both pictures. –2. Infer- write down what you can infer about each cartoon from the concrete items you found. –3. Compare- Explain the different opinions portrayed by the 2 cartoons.

What is immigration? Immigration is the movement of people from one country or region to another in order to make a new home. Immigrate = enterEmigrate = leave Salad Bowl Theory Melting Pot Theory

What is an immigrant? An immigrant is a person who moves from one country or region to another in order to make a new home. Picture from:

Brainstorm the difference: Write: –Brainstorm the difference between the melting pot theory of immigration and the salad bowl theory of immigration.

Some Statistics

This chart and table show the number of immigrants that came to the United States from What three time periods experienced the highest number of immigrants? Source of data: Immigration and Naturalization Service, US Department of Justice Immigration to the United States

Main Sources of Immigration In this period of time almost 10.2 million immigrants came to the United States The main countries the immigrants came from were in Northern and Western Europe “Old Immigrants”

Main Sources of Immigration The three main countries that immigrants came from in Germany 3.0 million

Main Sources of Immigration The three main countries that immigrants came from in Ireland 2.8 million

Main Sources of Immigration The three main countries that immigrants came from in United Kingdom 1.9 million

Main Sources of Immigration In this period of time almost 23.5 million immigrants came to the United States The main countires the immigrants came from were in Southern and Eastern Europe New Immigrants

Main Sources of Immigration Italy 4.0 million

Main Sources of Immigration Austria Hungary 4.0 million (Austria and Hungary are now separate countries. The maps below show each of them) AustriaHungary

The three main countries that immigrants came from in Soviet Union: 4.0 million The Union of the Soviet Social Republics (Soviet Union) was formed in 1917 and ended in The 15 states of the Soviet Union are now each their own country which are shown on this map. They are Russia, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldava.

New Immigrants and Nativism Nativism is the extreme dislike of immigrants by native-born people. Nativists feared Irish, Italian, Polish and Russian Catholic and Jewish people. Congress attempted to limit their entrance

Foreign Born Population, Top Countries of Origin 1920 Source of data: Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce

Foreign Born Population, Top Countries of Origin 1960 Source of data: Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce

Foreign Born Population, Top Countries of Origin 2000 Source of data: Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce

Source of data: Immigration and Naturalization Service, US Department of Justice

Push and Pull Factors! Activity: –Brainsorm 5 Push Factors: Reasons that would convince you to leave the U.S. to another country, where a better life would be possible for you and your family-> What would “push” you to immigrate to another country from the U.S. –Brainstorm 5 Pull Factors: Pick a country you would immigrate to if you had to leave the U.S. What are the reasons you would go to this particular country?->What “pulls” you there.

-Push and Pull Factors -New Immigrants in America

Ellis Island 1 st View of America 6-Second Medical Exam Complete Medical Exams by 1917 Legal Inspection 1921-Visa and Literacy Test

Angel Island Asian Immigrants arrived on the West coast, where they settled mainly in cities. Many were discriminate against by the Chinese Exclusion Act of barred most Chinese immigration until repealed in 1943

Problems of Urbanization Lack of Housing and open areas of land Lack of safe and efficient transportation Fire Hazards Crime Lack of Sanitation Water