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CHAPTER 15 SECTION 1 The New Immigrants
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Immigrants Arrive ◦ The come for different reasons (escape difficult conditions, religious or political persecution, for a new start, rising populations) ◦ 20 mil Europeans from 1870-1920 ◦ 300,000 Chinese from 1851-1883 ◦ Come for gold, build the RR, farm, some started businesses ◦ Hawaii annexation lead to increase of Japanese immigrants, by 1920 200,000 live in the U.S. ◦ Mexicans immigrate as well to work new farmland
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Ellis Island
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Angel Island
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The Immigration Process ◦ Europeans would come into Ellis Island ◦ Asians would come through Angel Island ◦ Went through inspections, physicals, interrogation ◦ Experience were different from each area ◦ They then have to find somewhere to live and get a job ◦ Many seek out those they can relate to (ex. China Town) ◦ They make their own schools, churches, communities, newspapers, etc.
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Immigrant Restrictions ◦ Nativism: support of Americans over immigrants ◦ “Good Countries” British, Scandinavian, German, (progressive, energetic, free) ◦ “Bad Countries” Slav, Latin, Asiatic, (down trodden and stagnant” ◦ Literacy tests, had to be able to read at least 4o words in English or their own language (This legislation doesn’t pass but it shows how the public felt)
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Immigrant Restrictions ◦ Chinese Exclusion Act ◦ There was fear labor would go to Chinese who would accept lower wages ◦ Act excluded all by teachers, students, merchants, tourists, and government officials ◦ Gentlemen's Agreement was between U.S. and Japan ◦ Japanese would not allow an influx of unskilled workers to come to the U.S.
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