1. Immigration and Industrialization AIHE June 2012 Maggie Mey Tran mmtran@fcps.edu

2. Immigration Why do people emigrate to the US (pull factors)? What did they want to escape (push factors)? Did people find the “golden door” upon arrival? Where do most immigrants usually go once they get to the US?

3. Immigrants from Asia Japanese to Hawaii and west coast of US Chinese to west coast of US GOLD RUSH! Role in transcontinental railroad 200,000 immigrants came in the late 1800s 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act

4. on the east coast Immigrants from Europe 1870 to 1920 = 20 million people 1870 to 1890 = Great Britain, Ireland, and Germany 1890 to 1920 = southern/eastern Europe

5. IMMIGRATION Most go to the cities in NE (Irish) or MidWest (Germans) Single women less likely to come— except Irish ADJUSTMENTS—lived according to ethnic background…want to live next to people from the same region CHILDREN ASSIMILATE