1. Immigration to the United States
Angel Island and ellis island

2. Life in the U.S.
“I came to America because I heard the streets were paved with gold. When I got here, I found out three things: First, the streets weren’t paved with gold; second, they weren’t paved at all: and third, I was expected to pave them.”
- 1900s Immigrant to the U.S.

3. Chinese Immigration
Large numbers of Chinese immigrants arrived in California in the latter part of the 19th century. Over 200,000 by 1880.
What attracted Chinese immigrants to the United States?
What was life like for recent immigrants?
Communities
Nativism
Chinese Exclusion Act – 1882

4. Life in the U.S.

5. Life in the U.S.

6. Angel Island
Chinese Exclusion Act – 1882: Excluded all Chinese laborers
Immigration processing and detention center: 1910 – 1940
Upwards of 30% of Chinese immigrants were deported back to China
Act was repealed in 1943 when the U.S. and China became allies in WWII

7. Angel Island

8. Angel Island – Dormitory

9. Angel Island – Health Inspection

10. Ellis Island

11. Ellis Island Processing

12. Ellis Island – Eye Inspection

13. Ellis Island Activity
You will each get a card detailing basic information on an immigrant who came through Ellis Island. Read the information on that card and be prepared to answer questions.

14. Power of Photographs
Jacob Riis changed the way the world saw the immigrant experience in the slums of NYC with his photographs.

15. Protecting Prayer

16. First Gay Marriage in NYC

17. Australian Wildfire

18. Tank Man

19. New York Fashion Week

20. Superman Window Washer

28. Labor and Working Conditions