Mr. Ermer U.S. History Miami Beach Senior High

 : 25 million European arrive  “New Immigrants ”: Southern and Eastern Europe  Ellis Island, NY  Most immigrants move to cities, form ethnic neighborhood (“Little Italy”)  Recreate life similar to homelands  Unskilled workers

 Unrest at home drives Chinese to immigrate  1860s, Chinese come to build railroads  American-born discriminate against Chinese  Form own neighborhoods, open businesses  Industrialization drives Japanese to immigrate  : Japanese immigration at highest level  Angel Island

 Native born Americans hatred of immigrants  Main targets: Irish, Jews, Asians, Eastern Europeans  Reasons for Nativism:  Fear of Catholics/influence of pope  Worry about immigrants taking jobs for lower pay  American Protective Association  Anti-Catholic group targeting Irish, Italian, Polish

 Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882  Barred Chinese from immigrating for 10 years  Chinese already in country cannot apply for citizenship  Japanese gov’t offended by “Oriental Schools”  President Theodore Roosevelt makes “Gentlemen’s Agreement” with Japanese emperor  Japan agrees to limit amount of Japanese leaving for U.S., San Francisco promises to let Japanese children attend regular public schools

 On page 117, write and answer 1-5