1. New Immigrants Create a New America (1870-1920)

2. I. Basic Questions About New Immigrants
Who?
Southern and Eastern Europeans (Italy, Russia, Poland, etc.)
Asians (Chinese & Japanese)

4. When? ~

5. How Many? 20 Million +

6. Why? Jobs (Chinese, Japanese, Italians, etc.)
Escape Religious Persecution (Eastern European Jews)

7. Where? East Coast Cities – New York, Boston, Philadelphia
West Coast & Hawaii

8. How Long?
Birds of Passage v. Permanent Residents

9. II. The Immigrant Experience in America
A. Entering and Exiting at Ellis Island

13. B. Ethnic Neighborhoods, Tenements & Terrible Conditions

15. C. Rags to Riches for Some – Just Rags for Others

16. III. Restricting Immigration and the Rise of Nativism

17. A. Two Reasons for Restrictions
Economic: Job Competition, Poverty & Lower Wages
Cultural/Racial: Fear of Foreign Cultures, Language, Ideas & Religion

18. B. Examples of Restrictions
Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)

19. Immigration Act of 1924