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http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/03 /10/us/20090310-immigration-explorer.html http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/03 /10/us/20090310-immigration-explorer.html As a class— What trends do we expect to see? How can we use this map to demonstrate those trends?
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Homestead Act Surge in factory jobs Religious discrimination Famine Land shortages Political persecution Agricultural problems Railroad jobs Pull Push Pull
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Scarce farming land Population crowding Scare industrial jobs Gold Rush Hawaiian plantation jobs Relatively high wages Annexation of Hawaii National Reclamation Act Push Pull
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“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breath free. The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me. I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
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Ellis Island: http://youtu.be/5rredHTyKaQ http://youtu.be/5rredHTyKaQ Angel Island: http://youtu.be/cW6f96SgknY http://youtu.be/cW6f96SgknY
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America was the great “melting pot” Nativism—overt favoritism toward native- born Americans Favor the “right” immigrant groups Attempt to restrict immigration Anti-Asian Sentiment Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) Gentlemen’s Agreement (1907-1908)
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