1. Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
“Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she
With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”

2. AIM: Did America fulfill the dreams of immigrants?
New Immigration
AIM: Did America fulfill the dreams of immigrants?

3. “They told us that the streets were paved in gold
“They told us that the streets were paved in gold. When we got here we saw that they weren’t paved at all. Then they told us that we have to pave them.”

5. Immigration in the Gilded Age A. Where did they come from?
Colonial
Old Immigration
New Immigrants
1700’s
Britian
African Slaves
Germans, Scandanavians, Catholic Irish
Eastern Europeans, Italians, Polish, Russian Jews

6. B. Push-Pull Theory Push:
Economic dislocation, war, persecution, personal reasons
Pull:
Hope for a better life, perceived economic/social advantage

7. C. How did they get here? Improved Gilded Age transportation
“Part-time Ticket Agent” – sell combination tickets to immigrants

9. Rates Converted to 2007 Dollars using the Consumer Price Index 
$25.00 from 1902 is worth $ in 2007
$27.50 from 1902 is worth $ in 2007
$30.00 from 1902 is worth $ in 2007 
$32.50 from 1902 is worth $ in 2007
$35.00 from 1902 is worth $ in 2007
$40.00 from 1902 is worth $ in 2007

10. “I Came To America on the 4th of July”

11. 3. Ellis Island

12. D. Where did they settle?
Urban centers
Shunned the South

13. E. What did they do?
1. Most at industrial unskilled jobs, very little agriculture

14. 2. Historian Carl Wittke’s phrase “we who built America”, it was the role of the immigrant worker that built the wealth of industrial moguls like Carnegie.

15. F. How did they live?
1. Ethnic Enclaves: speak their own language, worship familiar rituals, etc.

16. G. How did their culture change?
Language barely survives a generation and half
Food becomes “Americanized”

17. 3. Role of Religion Roman Catholic – religion of the working class
Conflict between Protestants “Sunday as a day of prayer” versus “continental Sunday”
Sunday as prayer enforced by BLUE LAWS

18. II. Anti-Immigrant Sentiment
Nativism – immigrants viewed as foreigners
1. Even as their numbers multiple and their offspring are American born.
Political Action taken Against Immigrants

23. Act
Year
Purpose of Act
Significance
Chinese Exclusion
1882
Stop Chinese Immigration
Targeted a specific immigrant group “yellow peril”
National Origins Act of 1924
1924
Create a immigration quota
Goal was to limit # Southeastern immigrants (Italians, Russian Jews)
Displaced Persons Act
1948
Allow refugees of WWII and Soviet bloc countries to enter U.S.
Many refugees came from Communist countries like Cuba
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
1965
Eliminate old quota system, reunite families, attract highly skilled professionals
Boosted immigration from groups formerly restricted