new immigrants create a new america (1870-1920)
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New Immigrants Create a New America (1870-1920)
I. Basic Questions About New Immigrants
A. Who?
• Southern and Eastern Europeans (Italy, Russia, Poland, etc.)
• Asians (Chinese & Japanese)
When?
~ 1870-1920
How Many? 20 Million +
Why? – Jobs (Chinese, Japanese, Italians, etc.)– Escape Religious Persecution (Eastern European
Jews)
Where? • East Coast Cities – New York, Boston, Philadelphia• West Coast & Hawaii
How Long?
• Birds of Passage v. Permanent Residents
II. The Immigrant Experience in America
A. Entering and
Exiting at Ellis Island
B. Ethnic Neighborhoods, Tenements & Terrible Conditions
C. Rags to Riches for Some – Just Rags for Others
III. Restricting Immigration and the Rise of Nativism
A. Two Reasons for Restrictions• Economic: Job
Competition, Poverty & Lower Wages
• Cultural/Racial: Fear of Foreign Cultures, Language, Ideas & Religion
B. Examples of Restrictions
• Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)
•Immigration Act of 1924
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