1. 10/10 Bellringer 5+ sentences
How do you think the experience for immigrants to America has changed in the last 150 years?

2. US Migration: A Case Study
There are distinct patterns to US migration over the last 250+ years
Historically, the points of entry have been Boston and New York and people have moved from the east to the west

3. First Wave (1607-Early 1800s)
Primary reasons were religious and economic freedom
Usually referred to as “colonization”
Mostly from Western Europe and especially from Great Britain

4. Second Wave (1820s-1880s)
More coming from Europe (East Coast) and China (West Coast)
Jobs available in railroad construction and agriculture
US advertised for people because we were adding lands and wanted to make that land profitable

5. Third Wave (1890s-1940s) Peak immigration time from 1900-1920
Immigrants coming from eastern and southern Europe (Italy, Greece, Poland, Russia)
Major migration within the US  during WWI 25,000+ African Americans moved from rural southern communities to Northern cities for war-time jobs
1930s-1940s – immigration decreases dramatically because of Depression and WWII

6. Fourth Wave (1950s-present)
Immigration continues to rise
Most immigrants coming from Latin America and Asia
Rates of immigration are higher now than in the early 1900s
The greatest number of international immigrants have come between
H-1B – an extended visa for immigrants with “special occupations”