Ch. 20.1

  Many native-born Americans resented the new immigrants  Competition for jobs  Immigrants willing to work for lower wages  Americans also argued that immigrants would not fit into American society  Foreign language, unfamiliar religion, distinctive customs Opposition to Immigration

  Americans blamed immigrants for increases in:  Crime  Unemployment  Many Americans called for restrictions on immigration Blaming Immigrants

  1882  Prohibited Chinese workers from entering the United States for 10 years  The law was extended in 1892 and 1902 Chinese Exclusion Act

  Required immigrants to be able to read and write in some language Immigration Act of 1917