1. The Work They Did The Immigrant Experience 1880 - 1924 BY SUZANNE WEYN POWERPOINT BY ALISSA, MARI, EMILY, COLTON, COLIN, AUSTIN, MASON, AND DANIEL

2. Introduction  When you arrive to a new place you can’t understand what people are saying because you don’t speak the same language. You are an immigrant.  Most immigrants arrived in the U.S. during 1620 and 1860. They also arrived in 1880 to 1920. At the time there were more than 27,500,000 new people.

3.  Most immigrants came to the United States because they wanted rights of their own. Some left the cities for their own land and other poor moved wanting to make a fortune.  The trip was not easy. Some immigrants traveled many miles and took a dangerous journey. Huge ships headed East to the United States carrying 2,000 passengers for 2 weeks.

4.  Riding 0n the ships was uncomfortable. People wailed because they were sick.  Some immigrants came to Ellis Island. Some went to Angel Island. Before they left information was recorded and health checked.  When the immigrants came they made a “melting pot” of traditions.

5. Chapter 1: Factories and Mills By: Mason o Immigrants got jobs in factories and mills. o Some people were tired and grumbled about their jobs. o Miners worked for a long time and barely got paid. o To get under ground miners used mining shafts. o In 1980 people needed steel.

6. Factories and Mills IIron and coal miners help America grow. MMiners mined hundreds of feet below the surface of the earth.

7. Chapter 2: Farmers and Builders By: Colton and Daniel Later in the 1800’s immigrants came from Germany to the USA. Most came from Pennsylvania and became farmers. Even today some of the generations still live and farm in Pennsylvania. Lots more newcomers went farther west to farm in the states of Minnesota, North and South Dakota.

8. Farmers and Builders In 1898 Hawaii became a part of the USA. Chinese immigrants worked as farm hands. There were a lot of Chinese farmers in their homeland. A lot of immigrants worked building projects in there cities.

9. Chapter 3: Food and Entertainment By Colin and Austin  The Immigrants brought cooking skills when they came to the U.S.  Soon restaurants served foods from their homeland.  Some immigrants opened their own restaurants.  Their restaurants became huge markets.  Immigrants had a great deal with the Arts.

10. Food and Entertainment AA theater grew and there were new ads all over New York. TThere was a famous immigrant, and his name was Irving Berlin. He wrote songs. He was born in Russia, and when he was little he was called Israel Baline. HHe had a family of eight and came to New York. He began singing at age 14 for spare change.

11.  The same year he wrote another song about Marie from Sunny Italy and sold the song to a music company.  When they published the song. They got the name wrong and they printed Irving Berlin.  Israel liked the new name. From then on he was called Irving Berlin.  At the time, it was common for immigrants to have new names.

12. Food and Entertainment  Berlin wrote many other famous songs like, “There’s No Business Like Show Business”.

13. Chapter 4: Military Service By Emily IImmigrants helped a lot in the armed forces. MMost of them were from Ireland. WWhen World War 1 started the Americans needed more soldiers. WWhile the war went on female immigrants took some of the male immigrants’ jobs. TThey had jobs such as railroad workers, dock workers, building airplanes, cooks, and bricklayers.

14. Conclusion  The United States was built by immigrants.  They worked hard and opened businesses.  Immigrants still come to the U.S. today.