What’s up dude! My name is Patrick O’ Furniture … call me Paddy (Get it?!). I worked on my family’s potato farm until our potato crop was lost in the famine of I have no work and no food, so I am ‘starving’ (Get it?!) for a better life in the United States! I hear there are good jobs and plenty to eat.

I guess I’m not the only one seeking a better life in America. This boat is packed! I sold nearly all of my possessions to buy a ticket, so I am heading to America with only the clothes on my back!

The captain says the voyage to America will take two weeks. I have never been on a steamship before and I am feeling sea sick. I hope I don’t hurl chunks…

Dude I’m green… I am totally going to barf! I think I am going below deck to lay down.

I feel a lot better after my rest. The cheapest tickets on a steamship are below deck, also know as steerage. I have been assigned a small bunk bed to sleep. Meals are also served down here. I try not to spend too much time in steerage, because it smells bad and it’s very crowded.

We made it! I can see the Statue of Liberty! I am so pumped, I might do a little Irish jig!

The first stop for immigrants like me is Ellis Island. They process us here & decide if we can stay in America. Ellis Island Ellis Island *Click on red link*

I hate waiting in lines, yo! Ellis Island is full of lines made up of immigrants from all over Europe. I hear that I need to pass a bunch of tests to stay in America. I hope I pass!

One of the first tests is called the six second medical. That examiner will watch me as a I walk up the stairs. This is a quick health test. America only wants healthy immigrants who can work.

Now for a written and verbal test…. How much is two and one? a)11 b) 3 c) 2

Wrong! Go to the deportation line! (Click to try again) (Click to try again)

Now for a written and verbal test…. How do you wash stairs? a) From the bottom to the top b) From the top to the bottom c) With a swiffer

Wrong! Go to the deportation line! (Click to try again) (Click to try again)

Now for a written and verbal test…. a) Stamp and mailing address b) Stamp and return address c) Stamp and postman’s mark What is missing?

Wrong! Go to the deportation line! (Click to try again) (Click to try again)

Now for a written and verbal test…. a) paw b) ear c) tail What is missing?

Wrong! Go to the deportation line! (Click to try again) (Click to try again)

Right on … I get to stay in America! Now that I am through Ellis Island I need to find a place to live. PASSED

Most of the immigrants from Ireland are going to a place called the Five Points. Which part of Five Points should I go to? Bandit’s Roost Bandit’s Roost The Bend The Bend

Wow… Bandit’s Roost is full of real bandits! Hey dudes… I just got off the boat and have no money. Please don’t kill me!!

Most of the immigrants from Ireland are going to a place called the Five Points. Which part of Five Points should I go to? Bandit’s Roost Bandit’s Roost The Bend The Bend

The Bend is an Irish Ghetto. People dress and talk just like in Ireland, so I feel right at home. Now I need a place to stay. Everyone here lives in tenements, or large rundown apartment buildings. I have a few leads. A street vender gave me an address for a boarding apartment. A boy gave me the address of a family who might take a boarder. Where should I live? 5 cent boarding 5 cent boarding Cawley Family Cawley Family

Five cents a night to stay at this dump!? I don’t even think that there is a place for me to lay down. Maybe I should try the Cawley family… That dude in the corner is creeping me out!

The Bend is an Irish Ghetto. People dress and talk just like in Ireland so I feel right at home. Now I need a place to stay. Everyone lives in tenements here, or large rundown apartment buildings. A street vender gave me an address of boarding apartment. A boy gave me the address of a family who might take a boarder. Where should I live? 5 cent boarding 5 cent boarding Cawley Family Cawley Family

The Cawley family is very nice. Their apartment is only one room and is very crowded. Mr. Cawley has offered me a place on the floor, plus meals, for 10 cents a week. Now I have to find a job…

Wanted: Young boys to help manufacture glass bottles. Pay is based on experience. -USA Bottle and Glass Wanted: Young workers for textile work. You will be responsible for replacing bobbins on large spinning frames. Plenty of overtime! -Nuttin’ Fancy Fabric Mr. Cawley gave me two job leads. They both hire immigrants, and are only a few blocks from where I am staying. Which job do I want?

Man this place is HOT! Making bottles is hard work. I am constantly getting burned by the glass. Most of the workers are boys around my age. We talk when the foreman isn’t around. I work 12 hours a day, 6 days a week. Unfortunately, I have no time for school. But at least I’m not starving in Ireland!

Working in a textile mill is crazy! Spinning frames have many dangerous moving parts and some of the boys have lost fingers. It is also dusty in here and I always have a sore throat. We work 10 hours a day, 6 days a week! No time for school. Well, I guess it’s better than starving in Ireland!

Nativism is when people already living in the United States developed strong anti-immigrant feelings toward those trying to get into the country. As a result, the government eventually passed quota laws in 1921 & 1924 that allowed only a certain number of people from each country to enter the US (3% rule: each country would be allowed to send 3% of that ethnicity already in the U.S.). This system heavily favored immigrants from Northern Europe (because a large number of immigrants from these countries were already here), while severely restricting immigrants from Eastern Europe & Asia (because they had few immigrants already here). The next two slides contain six political cartoons dealing with nativist attitudes in the United States at the turn of the century. Choose two cartoons & complete a Cartoon Analysis Worksheet for each. Then, complete both graphic organizers (you may need to use your notes from Chapter 21, Section1).

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