1. Immigration
PUSH

2. Why did people leave their country
Oppressive governments
Poverty
Overcrowding
Crop failures
Starvation and disease
Limited land

3. Why did the Jewish population leave South Eastern Europe?

4. Religious Persecution

5. Immigration
PULL

6. Why did people come to America
Hope for better opportunities
Escape oppressive governments
Adventure!
Religious freedom
Jobs (industry – not farming)

7. Emigrate

8. leave EXIT your country

9. Oppressive

10. cruel and unlawful

11. Immigrate

12. enter INTO a new country

13. What was the biggest wave of Immigrants?

14. South Eastern Europe

15. Ellis Island – New York

16. Europe immigration station
Medical exams
Sent home because
of disease or illness
75% of all immigrants
processed here

17. What was the 1st law passed that limited immigration in the US?

18. Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

19. Where did people moved to find more and better job opportunities?

20. Better job opportunities in the city
Moved from rural areas (farms)
to urban areas (cities)

21. Primary sources

22. What do the shadows represent in this picture?
Nativists/Old Immigrants

23. What is a quota

24. LIMITS ON NUMBER OF IMMIGRANTS WHO CAN ENTER OUR COUNTRY