1. Immigration

2. Immigration – Push and Pull
1800 population of America was 2 million.
1920 population of America was over 100 million
Why did this increase?
(movement of people into a country)
Immigration

3. Immigration – Push and Pull
There are 2 main factors which explain why people
immigrated to America
reasons
reasons

4. Immigration – Push and Pull
Reasons
Anything that makes people want to escape their difficulties
e.g. Famine
Unemployment
Starvation
Persecution

5. Irish Potato Famine

6. Highland Clearances

7. Unemployment

8. Housing

9. Immigration – Push and Pull
Reasons
Anything that attracts people and makes them want to move
e.g. Work
Food
Better housing
Political freedom
Money

10. Journey to America 1800s took 6 – 14 weeks to cross Atlantic
Food consisted of bread, biscuits and potatoes
Disease such as typhus and cholera were common

11. Journey to America
By 1890s steam-powered ships cut crossing time to 2 weeks
Steamships could hold up to 2000 passengers
Still a lack ventilation
"the atmosphere was so thick and dense with smoke and bodily odours that your head itched, and when you went to scratch your head you got lice in your hands."

12. Arrival in US - The Statue of Liberty
The base of the Statue reads
The Statue of Liberty was the first thing immigrants saw as they entered New York Harbour
‘Give me your tired, poor, your huddled masses, yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these the homeless, tempest tossed to me I lift my lamp beside the golden door’
What this means…
‘Give me your tired and poor people, the crowds of poor people who want a better life, the poor who live in your overcrowded cities. Send the homeless who have suffered from storms and war to me. I promise them a bright new future of freedom and wealth’.

13. Arrival in US – Ellis Island
From 1892 immigrants were taken to Ellis Island in New York before being allowed entry to USA
Immigrants were given a number and then ‘processed’

14. Arrival in US – Ellis Island
Checked by a doctor for over 60 illnesses
Series of questions asked
After 1921 had to pass literacy test
If they passed they were given a landing card
Allowed them to enter the US