3. What do you see?

6. Examples of Nativism
“Know-Nothing Party” – a political party started to pass laws to prevent immigrants from taking jobs or working in government.

7. The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882:
A law that said Chinese immigrants were no longer allowed to come in to the country for work.

15. Immigration Act of 1924 limited the number of immigrants who could be admitted from any country to 2% of the number of person from that country who were already living in the United States in 1890

16. How Should Immigrants Adapt to the United States?
Melting Pot
Salad Bowl 

17. Assimilation
Immigrants should quickly learn English and adopt all aspects of American culture.

18. “Melting pot” Theory
Immigrants would gradually and naturally blend into a new American culture that combined the best elements of many cultures and nationalities.

19. Cultural pluralism (“Salad Bowl Theory”)
There are no superior cultures, and each ethnic group should practice its own customs, respect unfamiliar customs, and adjust to the way of a larger society.