1. Do Now:
What are some reasons why people move from their home countries and come to the US?

2. Focus Question: Why did nativists oppose the United States policy of open immigration in the late 1800s and early 1900s?
Do Now:
What are some reasons why people move from their home countries and come to the US?

4. Open Immigration
During the period of industrialization, the U.S. needed workers for the new factories.
Open immigration = no limits on immigration.
Immigrants did not need a passport, visa, or any other documents (like a “green card”).
Between 1880 and 1910, more than15 million immigrants came to the US.

5. Europe in 1900

6. “Old” Immigrants”
“New” Immigrants
mainly from Northern and Western Europe (Ireland and Germany)
mostly Protestant
many were skilled workers
mainly from Southern and Eastern Europe (Italy, Poland, Russia)
many were Catholic or Jewish
were often unskilled

7. Nativism
The belief that native-born white Americans are superior to newcomers.
Nativist: A person who favors native-born inhabitants over immigrants, who has a negative view of immigration.
Reasons for nativism: fear of competition for jobs and housing, fear of religious and cultural differences.

8. “The Immigrant: The Stranger At Our Gate
“The Immigrant: The Stranger At Our Gate.” From The Ram’s Horn, April 25, 1896.

9. “Unrestricted Immigration and Its Results - A Possible Curiosity of the 20th Century: The Last Yankee.” From Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, September 8, 1888, by Matt Morgan.