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Immigration Regents Review Do Now: Quiz on Industrialization
HW: Vocab sheet – Expansionism – Imperialism p in Packet Quiz tomorrow on Immigration
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Define the following terms
Americanized – learn to act, speak and be like other “Americans” Acculturated – learn the language and the culture of their adopted land. Assimilated – Made similar to other Americans. Nativism – Believing that native born Americans were superior to foreigners and the immigration should be restricted (ethnocentric).
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Old Immigration Where – ( ) – Northern and Western Europe (Britain, Ireland, Germany). Mostly Protestants. Why – Religious persecution. No laws on immigration. Free land out West.
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New Immigration Where – ( ) – Southern and Eastern Europe (Poland, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Greece and Russia). Some Asian. Many Catholics Why – Industrialization created need for workers. “Streets were paved with gold.” Faced discrimination from old immigrants – no English, Catholics, dressed differently etc.
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Recent Immigration Where – (1960 – present) – Vietnam, Cambodia, Former USSR, mostly Latin America – Cuba, Haiti, Mexico. Why – to escape Communist persecution To escape religious discrimination (Jews) Escape poverty, persecution and unstable governments. Better jobs, higher pay
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Chinese Exclusion Act - 1882
Anti-Chinese feelings in California against the Chinese workers. Chinese immigration banned for ten years. Then extended another ten. Then indefinitely until after WWII.
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Gentlemen’s Agreement - 1907
Japanese government agreed to limit Japanese emigration to the U.S. to those who already had relatives living in America.
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Immigration Acts of 1921, 1924, 1929 Established a quota system aimed at preserving America’s existing ethnic composition. Great Britain, Ireland and Germany were allowed the largest number of immigrants Limit “new immigrants” Asians banned.
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Immigration Act of 1965 Designed to be less biased.
Every country identical quota of 20,000 Preference to those with U.S. relatives or occupational skills.
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