US History 10/06 Historical Immigration: Patterns of Immigration
Entrance Ticket 10/06 Folk painter Grandma Moses has become such an enduring icon that many consider her of America. (A) an innovator (B) an emblem (C) a successor (D) a detractor (E) a lobbyist
Essential Questions What does it mean to be an American? How has immigration changed throughout history?
Objectives Students will complete a close reading of a secondary source. Students will practice identifying the main idea and supporting details. Students will practice annotating a text.
Agenda 10/06 Whole Class Reading + Questions Summary DTP: Patterns of Immigration Exit Ticket
Model Notes Continue in document from Friday: Model Notes
Summary Writing 10 minutes
Waves of Immigration 3 Waves of Immigration to the US: 1 st Wave: 1840s-1880s 2 nd Wave: 1880s rd Wave: 1965-present
1 st Wave (1840s – 1880s) Main Groups: Irish, German, English and Scandinavian 1 st wave also included about 300,000 Chinese people Chinese immigration stopped in 1882 with the Chinese Exclusion Act
2 nd Wave Immigration (1880s-1910) Like 1 st wave immigrants, mostly poor More numerous than 1 st wave 1870s: 2.8 million 1880s: 5.2 million : 8.8 million Arrived from: Eastern Europe, Italy, Russia, Greece, Syria, Mexico + continued coming from 1 st wave countries
Italian immigrants to the US, circa 1915.
2 nd Wave Immigration (1880s-1910) Many hoped to work in US and return home with wealthy, but vast majority changed their minds and stayed. Substantial trend of return migration to Asia and Europe
1 st and 2 nd Wave Immigrants Many settled in cities, particularly older, denser areas of cities New York’s Lower East Side Boston’s North End Chicago’s West Side Los Angeles’ East Side
1 st and 2 nd Wave Immigrants Immigrant enclaves quickly developed Little Italy Bohemiatown Whole villages came from Italy to neighborhoods in New York, Philadelphia, and Chicago
Hester Street, Lower East Side, New York.
Ethnic Neighborhoods Important institutions in immigrants’ lives Supported ethnic businesses, churches, aid organizations, and newspapers Immigrants developed networks that helped them survive
New York’s Little Italy, circa 1900
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Exit Ticket 10/06 What is the difference between immigration and emigration?