1. Immigration
Chapter 6
Section 1

2. Pre-1890 Immigration
Western and Northern Europeans

3. Post 1890 Immigration
Southern and Eastern Europeans

4. Why They Came
Push
With a partner, come up with three things that pushed Europeans out of their countries
Pull
Come up with three things that pulled Europeans to the U.S.

5. How did they get here?
Steerage

6. Ellis Island
Arrival Point for Europeans

7. Ghettoes
Ethnic Neighborhoods
Little Italy, Little Havana, Dutch Hill

8. Jacob Riis Danish journalist and photographer
Observed life in the ghettoes

9. Chinese Immigrants
Why did they come?
Push
Pull

10. Chinese Immigrants
Dreams vs. Reality

11. Asian Immigration Japanese Immigrants Why did they come? Push Pull
1898

12. Angel Island

13. Nativism
Hostility toward immigrants

14. Catholics

15. Jobs
Workingman’s Party
Wanted to limit immigration

16. Chinese Exclusion Act
Passed 1882
In place until 1943

17. Gentlemen’s Agreement
1906: San Francisco segregated schools
Riots erupt in Japan
Agreed to desegregate if Japan would stop emigration