By Brooke Wagner GCU 113 Culminating Project Looking at Immigration during the Ragtime Era as a Social Scientist (Historian, Geographer, Political Scientist) By Brooke Wagner GCU 113 Culminating Project

When Did this Era Take Place? 1881-1924 “After the depression of the 1890s, immigration jumped from a low of 3.5 million in that decade to a high of 9 million in the first decade of the new century.” “Jews from Eastern Europe fleeing religious persecution also arrived in large numbers; over 2 million entered the United States between 1880 and 1920.”

Who was a Part of the Ragtime Era? Jewish Immigrants Native Born Americans Former Irish Immigrants

Where Did This Part of Immigration Occur? Ellis Island, New York “Why New York? 1. Eastern Europe Jews came to New York harbor and stayed there. Mainly in the east side. 2. New York was the center of the dressing industry which was the Jews preferred branch. 3. In New York there was already a large Jewish community and they thought they will get support.”

What did Immigration Look Like at this Time? “Jews engaged in chain migration, in which one member of an extended family secured a place in the new country and then bought a ticket for siblings so that they could settle in America.” Lived in overcrowded districts called “ghettos”. “In New York in 1905, for example, forty-seven percent of immigrant Jewish daughters were employed as semiskilled and unskilled laborers; only twenty-two percent of their brothers fell into those ranks. Conversely, more than forty-five percent of immigrant sons held white-collar positions, while less than twenty-seven percent of their sisters did.”

Why Did Immigration Occur? “The main reasons for the immigration to USA were: 1. The Russia anti-Semitism policy and the pogroms. 2. The desire to give the children better education and happy life. 3. USA dream - Freedom and Gold. 4. Modern vehicles like steam engines and trains. 5. Longing to immigrate that hold some of the Jews, sweep away the others.”

What Was the Issue at This Time? Immigrants were taking jobs from the Natural Born Americans The Former Irish Immigrants played a role in this issue.

What Was the Result of this Era? Immigration Act of 1917 Immigration Act of 1924 Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965

So What? The Issues Haven’t Changed. Issues and Reality are Both the Same. Natural Born Americans See Immigrants as a Threat for “Stealing their Jobs”. In Reality Immigrants are a Huge Benefit to the Economy.

So What? Why People Migrate Here Today: 1. Crime 2. Economic Problems 3. Illegal Drugs 4. Corrupt Political Leaders

So What? The Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors, or DREAM, Act of 2010

So What? Where is Immigration Taking Place Today?

Bibliography of Slides: Primary Sources Slide 10: Information of the Dream Act THE DREAM ACT: GOOD FOR OUR ECONOMY, GOOD FOR OUR SECURITY, GOOD FOR OUR NATION. (n.d.). Retrieved April 27, 2015, from https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/DREAM-Act-WhiteHouse- FactSheet.pdf

Bibliography of Slides: Secondary Sources Slide 2: Quote 1 Immigration in the Early 1900s. (n.d.). Retrieved April 27, 2015, from http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/snpim1.htm Slide 2: Quote 2 U.S. Immigration Before 1965. (n.d.). Retrieved April 27, 2015, from http://www.history.com/topics/u-s-immigration-before-1965 Slide 3: Information on the Immigrant Groups of the Time Sharing StoriesInspiring Change. (n.d.). Retrieved April 27, 2015, from http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/eastern-european-immigrants-in-united-states

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Bibliography of Slides: Secondary Sources Slide 7: Information of the issue at hand and Information on the issues the Irish Immigrants faced as a reference to their bias in the issue. U.S. Immigration Before 1965. (n.d.). Retrieved April 27, 2015, from http://www.history.com/topics/u-s-immigration-before-1965 Slide 8: Information on the Acts

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