1. Lecture: European and Asian Immigration after 1865-1925
11/29/16

2. Objective
To understand the causes and consequences of immigration to the US between

3. New and Old Immigrants Old Immigrants (before 1880) New Immigrants
( )
Northern and Western EU
Protestant Christians
Southern and Eastern EU
Asia
Catholic
Buddhist
Jewish

4. European Immigration 1865-1914: 25 million Europeans
“New Immigrants” Eastern and Southern Europe
Italy
Greece
Austria-Hungary
Poland
Russia
Serbia
Mostly Men

5. Causes of European Immigration
Pull Factors (lure):
Jobs
Social Mobility
Push Factors (escape)
High food prices
Poverty
Military service
Overpopulation
Religious Persecution
Especially for the Jews

6. Process: Ellis Island New York City
Processing Center for European Immigration
Had to pass a health inspection

7. Inscribed on a plaque within the Statue of Liberty National Monument.
"Give me your tired, your 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!“
Poet Emma Lazarus saw the statue as a beacon to the world. A poem she wrote to help raise money for the pedestal, and which is carved on that pedestal, captured what the statue came to mean to the millions who migrated to the United States seeking freedom, and who have continued to come unto this day.

8. Causes of Asian Immigration
Chinese
Push Factors: unemployment, poverty, famine, war
Pull Factors: Work on the Railroads
Japanese
Push Factors: Economic problems
Pull Factors: Economic possibilities
Angel Island
San Francisco, CA
Could wait for several months
Filipinos: Nationals

9. Reaction to Immigration: Nativism
Nativism – an extreme dislike of immigrants by native-born Americans
Focus on Asians, Jews, and Eastern European
“White” =Northwestern European decent
Claimed immigrants undermined Unions b/c would work for lower wages
Were successful in passing a Literacy law in 1917
Immigrants had to prove they were literate to immigrate

10. Human Experience (Course)
What kind of experience did most immigrants face in the 1880s-1920s?
Social, Political and Economic Discrimination
Ethnic Communities form
To deal with Culture Shock
To create Support network
“Little Italy’s”
“China Towns”

11. Consequences of Immigration
Political:
Anti-Chinese Laws:
Banned citizenship & intercultural marriage.
Chinese Exclusion Act 1882 banned immigration and citizenship
Anti-Japanese Laws:
Gentleman’s Agreement 1908 – limit immigration; agreement on treatment.
Asian Immigration limited
Economic
Job discrimination: low wages, long hours

12. Lecture Review What caused people to immigrate?
How did some Americans react to immigration from ? Why do you think they reacted that way?
What were some of the consequences of immigration?
How do you think immigration is viewed in today’s society?

13. ESSO Political Cartoon Analysis
Exaggeration: what is exaggerated?
Symbols: what symbols? Represent?
Subject: what is the doc. About?
Opinion: what is the message? What is the authors opinion?
Copy this on the blank side of your paper

14. E.S.S.O

15. Political Cartoon Analysis

17. OVPL Document Analysis Strategy
Origin:
Purpose:
Value:
Limitation:
Turn to page 22o in your textbook