1. Immigration Progressive Era By: Josh G. Adolfo Mondraon, Jaelen Williams, Ricardo Jaimes

2. facts As in the 1920’s unfolded so did the greatest wave of immigrants in American history. The number of immigrants entering the united stated decreased for about a year from June 1919 to July 1922 The united states always been a land of immigration

3. 15 th century 12,000 years ago the first indigenous people crossed the ice bridge connecting asia to north America. Also the French and Spanish were the first to establish settlements before the English and Dutch, among others, founded their first permanent colonies.

4. 1800’s-1890’s (Chinese) In the mid 1800’s, thousands of Chinese came to California to work in the gold field or to build rail roads. By the 1870’s there were roughly 63,000 Chinese in the u.s In the 1890’s the Chinese went down 3% and was upset by the restriction act of ealry 1900’s

5. 1900-1915 Between 1900 and 1915 more than 15 million immigrants arrived in the United States. That was about equal to the number of immigrants who had arrived in the previous 40 years combined. In 1910 3/4 of New York City's population were either immigrants or first generation Americans

6. Why Immigrate? There are multiple answers to this question. People nowadays face different challenges, some of the reasons why people moved to the new world during colonial times echo some of the reasons that push people to immigrate to the united states today.

7. Coming to America Going to north America brought promises of cheap land and freedom of enterprise. Incoming farmers, fisherman, tradesmen, shipbuilders and craftsmen oil found work.

8. Ida Minerva Tarbell Ida Minerva Tarbell, was born on November 6, 1857. she was an American teacher, author and journalist. She was a leading muckraker of the progressive era in the late 19 th and early 20 th century. She was best known for her 1904 book the history of the standard oil company.

9. J.P. Morgan John Pierpont Morgan- was born on April 17,1837. he was an American financer, banker, philanthropist and art collector. He directed the banking coalition that stopped the Panic of 1907. He was also the leading financier of the Progressive Era, and his dedication to efficiency and modernization helped transform to different American business.

10. J.D. Rockefeller John Davidson Rockefeller -was an American business magnateand philanthropist. He was a co-founder of the Standard Oil Company, which dominated the oil industry and was the first great U.S. business trust His fortune was mainly used to create the modern systematic approach of targeted philanthropy. He was able to do this through the creation of foundations that had a major effect on medicine, education and scientific research.

11. Chinese Exclusion Act The Chinese exclusion act was a United States federal law signed by President Chester A. Arthur on May 6, 1882. It was one of the most significant restrictions on free immigration in US history, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The act was initially intended to last for 10 years, but it was renewed in 1892 and was made permanent in 1902. It was finally repealed by the Magnuson Act on December 17, 1943.