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1 Welcome to America Please make your way to the correct group and then complete your naturalization test! It is timed and you have 10 minutes once the bell rings! Mexican Jewish Old Immigrants Chinese Italian

2 What do you think motivated people to come to America??

3 What do you think motivated people to come to America??
In your groups you will read about your Immigrant group. As you read you need to answer the following 1. Why did they leave their country? 2. What made them want to come to US? 3. What was the journey over like? 4. What was life like in US for that group?

4 Coming to America: Immigration
Objectives: **Analyze the circumstances surrounding the great wave of immigration after the Civil War **Evaluate how nativism affected immigration policy SOL – VUS.8 Timeline – 1870s-1920s US History Coming to America: Immigration

5 “OlD” Immigrants (pre-1871)
North + West Europe Great Britain Germany Ireland Norway Sweden

6 South + East Europe Asia “New” Immigrants (1871-1921) Italy Greece
Poland Russia Hungary Former Yugoslavia Asia China Japan

7 Why Go? #1--Freedom Religious, political oppression (PUSH)

8 Why Go? #2--POVERTY Land is expensive, no jobs (PUSH)

9 Why Go? #3—Jobs Factories require cheap labor – immigrants want opportunity (PULL)

10 Why Go? #4--Family Network of family/friends - PULL

11 The Journey Medical inspection upon arrival Questionnaire
The infirm, the elderly, women with infants and no husband often sent back

12 “The Golden Door” Ellis Island, NYC Angel Island, SF
First sight many see is the Statue of Liberty Angel Island, SF

13 “Melting Pot” Mixture of peoples / cultures Goal = Assimilation

14 The Rise of Nativism Nativist
extreme dislike of immigrants by native born people

15 Nativism – Cultural Differences
Reason #1: Protestant America dislikes Catholics, Jews

16 Nativism – Job Issues Reason #2: Immigrants work… For low pay
work in unsafe areas used to hurt unions

17 Contributions of immgrants
Helped build Transcontinental Railroad Worked in textile mills, steel mills and factories Worked in coal mines Helped to build America into an industrial giant

18 The Chinese Exclusion Act (1882-1943)
Most hated group Stopped Chinese from coming to USA

19 Immigration Restriction Act (1921)
Place Quotas on immigration Cuts off immigration to America for next several decades

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