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30 million people entered nation between 1865 and 1920.

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1 30 million people entered nation between 1865 and 1920

2 ((why did immigrants leave-211) ((student examples?)

3  1 week (1900); relatively inexpensive trip across Atlantic in steerage  Large area below ship’s deck, little privacy, crowded conditions and poor facilities

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6  Once in America, often times information was mistaken (Godfather!)  “birds of passage”- young, mostly single males who worked then returned home (1/3)  Often worked for low wages

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9  70% came through Ellis Island, New York  East coast- Philadelphia, Baltimore, Boston  West Coast- San Francisco or Seattle (Japanese/Chinese)

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11  1882- first federal laws passed banning _____ Immigrants

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13  Ohio (Canton) republican; 1896-1901  “Front Porch Campaign” (Marcus Hanna)  Popular; influential over Congress  Spanish-American War  Promoted business  High tariff  Assassinated by Leon Czolgosz, in Buffalo September 3, 1901.

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16  Czolgosz trial is OVER on September 26 th, sentenced to death  Executed on October 29 th !

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21  New York (Vice President) Republican Theodore Roosevelt takes office in 1901


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