1. The New Immigrants
Chapter 21 Lesson 1

2. PUSH / PULL REASONS: 1. Lured by promise of better life 2
PUSH / PULL REASONS: 1. Lured by promise of better life 2. Escape difficult conditions at home a. Famine b. Land Shortages 3. Escape religious/political persecution 4. Jobs supposedly plentiful in America 5. Come to earn money then go back CLASS NOTES
I.) Why Leave?

3. II.) Came from where? European Immigrants:
1. English, Irish, German, Scandinavian, Italian, Russian, and Polish
Asian Immigrants:
1. Chinese and Japanese
West Indies and Mexico:
1. Mexican, Jamaica, Cuba, and Puerto Rico
II.) Came from where?

4. III.) The Journey to America
Traveled by steamship to America
1. trip across Atlantic took 1 week
2. trip across Pacific took 3 weeks
Traveled in “Steerage” or the cheapest accommodations in a ship’s cargo hold
Conditions:
III.) The Journey to America

5. Ellis Island: immigration station in New York Harbor which decided whether or not immigrants would be admitted to America
17 million immigrants passed through
1. Had to pass a physical health exam
2. Had to pass a government inspector’s test
a. able to work?
b. have some money?
c. never been convicted of a felony?
IV.) Ellis Island

6. Angel Island: immigration station in the San Francisco Bay which decided whether or not immigrants would be admitted to America
Between ,000 Chinese enter U.S.
1. much more harsh
2. longer decision time
V.) Angel Island

7. VI.) So Your IN! Now What? Challenges Faced by Immigrants:
1. find a place to live
2. find a job
3. understand language
4. understand culture
Coping with new life:
1. create ethnic communities
CLASS NOTES
VI.) So Your IN! Now What?

8. VII.) Immigration Restrictions
Native born Americans saw country as a “Melting Pot”
Most immigrants did not give up “old” culture
Outcome: as immigrants numbers increased anti- immigrant feelings emerge
CLASS NOTES
VII.) Immigration Restrictions

9. Nativism: favoritism toward native-born Americans
1. anti-immigration groups begin to form
2. demand for immigration restrictions grow

10. 1897 Congress pass law requiring literacy test for immigrants
1882 Chinese Exclusion Act: law passed by Congress which banned Chinese immigrants for a period of 10 years (few exceptions)
1906 San Francisco Board of Ed. Segregate Japanese school children