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1 Immigration US History

2 Through the Golden Door
Millions of immigrants entered US looking for better life Europeans ~20 million from Before 1890 = old immigrants Northern & western Europe After 1890 = new immigrants Southern & eastern Europe

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4 Through the Golden Door
Chinese Chinese helped to build nation’s R/Rs After R/Rs – turned to domestic service & farming West Indies & Mexico = ~260,000 Eastern & southeastern US Mexicans came for work

5 Life in a New Land Journey Ellis Island Angel Island Steamship
Major port of immigration NY Harbor ~17 million passed thru Ellis Island Angel Island West coast version Not as nice or friendly as Ellis Island

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7 Life in a New Land Cooperation for Survival
Challenges of finding a place to live, getting a job, new culture & new language Settled in tight-knit ethnic communities Pooled $$$ to build temples, synagogues, or churches Parochial schools Social clubs, orphanages, old folks homes, cemeteries Native born saw immigrant ways as un-American & a threat to American way of life

8 Immigration Restrictions
Melting pot v. Nativism Melting Pot – Mingling of races produces a stronger American culture WASPs (White Anglo-Saxon Protestant) Nativists blamed new immigrants for problems in US Thought Catholic & Jewish immigrants would undermine democratic institutions

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11 Anti-Asian Sentiment Nativism got stronger in labor movement
1882 – Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act Ended Chinese immigration Repealed in 1943 Gentlemen’s Agreement Japan’s gov’t agreed to limit immigration of unskilled workers to US in exchange US would repeal San Francisco segregation laws against Asians

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17 Immigrants leave their home countries
Cause Effect 1. 2. 3. Immigrants leave their home countries Immigrants face hardships in the US Some nativists want to restrict immigration poverty Religious persecution Shortage of land/lack of jobs Foreign culture/urban life interrogation Detention, discrimination intolerance prejudice Economic depression

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