1. Warm Up 9/19  Sentence Correction: jim abbott was born on september 19 1967, in flint michigan he was born without a right hand but became a major league baseball pitcher he also won a gold medal in the 1988 olumpics, pitching for team usa.  Journal: Reflect on the flood. How did it affect you or someone you know? How did it affect Colorado?

2. Warm up 9/23/13  Sentence: on september 23 1846 johann galle discovered the planet neptune it is the eight planet from the sun and takes 165 years two revolve around the sun  Journal: What was life like for immigrants coming through Ellis Island?

3. Immigration Immigration

4. “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddles 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!” -Emma Lazarus, “The New Colossus,” 1883.

5. Push and Pull Factors  Push factors: Problems that cause people to move.  Pull factors: Attractions that draw them to another place.

6. Contract Laborers  Immigrants who had signed contracts to work for U.S. employers (before getting to America).

7.  “Here was a congestion the like of which I had never seen before. Within the narrow limits of one-half square mile were crowded together thirty-five thousand people, living tier upton tier, huddles together until the very heavens seemed to be shut out. These narrow alley-like streets of Old Boston were one mass of litter. The air was laden with soot and dirt. Ill odors arose from every direction… A thousand wheels of commercial activity whirled incessantly day and night, making noises which would rack the sturdiest of nerves.”

8. How did Americans respond to new Immigrants?

9. Settlement House Community center which provided services to the poor, especially immigrants!

10. Americanization & Nativism  Americanization: Assimilation of immigrants into American society and way of life!  Nativism: Favoring the interest of native-born Americans over interests of immigrants.

11. Immigration from Asia -The Exclusion Act  Chinese blamed for economic problems.  Chinese seen as inferior who could never be Americanized.  Chinese Exclusion Act  Prohibited the immigration of Chinese laborers, skilled or unskilled for a period of 10 years!  Prevented Chinese already in country from becoming citizens.  Still allowed some Chinese to enter

12. Immigration from Asia  Angel Island Immigration Station – “Ellis Island of the West”  Designed to enforce exclusion act.  Going through could take days!  Some immigrants detained for months or years! “Imprisoned in the wooden building day after day, My freedom withheld; how can I bear to talk about it?”

13. Immigration from Asia  Asian immigrants faced prejudice, hostility, and discrimination.  Asian children separated from whites in schools.  Japans government protested.  Roosevelt intervenes.  Gentlemen’s Agreement  Japan agreed not to allow laborers to emigrate to U.S. EXCEPT wives, children and parents of those already there

14. Immigration from Mexico  Moved to Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California.  Higher wages!  Some worked on rail roads and farms.  Mexican Revolution pushed more across the border.

15. Immigration from Canada  French Canadians  Settled in New England and around the Great Lakes.  Worked in textile mills and lumber camps.  Resisted Americanization

16. Why is immigration an important part of our history?  Helped to populate the U.S.  Shaped our history and culture.  Helped build our country.