chapter 20
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Chapter 20. Section 1 The New Immigrants. emigrate. When people leave their homes… i mmigrate – When people come into a country. Before 1865. Immigrants came from : n orthern/western Europe (Most of these blended in because they spoke English) . Mid 1800s. Immigrants came from : - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Chapter 20
Section 1The New Immigrants
emigrate
When people leave their homes… immigrate – When people come into a country.
Before 1865Immigrants came from:
northern/western Europe
(Most of these blended in because they spoke English)
Mid 1800sImmigrants came from:
eastern/southern Europe
Few spoke English… had different religious beliefs… They clustered together
After 1900Immigrants came from…Mexico, China, JapanThey too had difficult blending
Ethnic groupsMinorities that spoke different languages or followed different customs from those of most people in a country.
Why did people want to come to
America???*escape economic problems*overcrowding*poverty*persecution*religious freedoms
How did immigrants see America?
*land of jobs*plentiful & affordable land*opportunities for a better life
Immigrants came into:
Ellis Island in New York City
orAngel Island in San
Francisco
steerageCramped, noisy quartered on the lower decks of the boats
Ellis Island
Immigration station from 1892-1934 for immigrants from Europe
Angel Island
Immigration center from 1910-1940 forimmigrants from China, Japan, Russia and South Asia
Immigrant Medical Exam
Trachoma – eye exam – very contagious and 2nd leading cause of blindness
Statue of Liberty – New York*7 rays on crown represent 7continents*tablet: July 4, 1776*nose: 4.5 ‘ long
Given to us by France in 1886.
Emma Lazarus…“Give me your tired, your poor,
You huddled masses yearning to breathe free,The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
This is found at the base of the Statue of Liberty in New York City.
Immigrants greatest challenge?
Finding work: unskilled workers who unloaded cargo/dug ditches, steel mills laborers that sometimes worked 7 days a week/12 hrs. a day
sweatshopsgarment factories that were unclean, noisy and crowded
low wages, long hours, hazardous work
assimilateto become a part of society
Nativist MovementSome native born Americans feared:
Immigrants would take their jobsImmigrants’ foreign language & unfamiliar religion would not fit into American society.
Chinese Exclusion ActProhibited Chinese immigrants from coming into the U.S. for 10 years in 1882 and again in 1892.
gentlemen’s agreement An agreement between the U.S. and Japan to limit the Japanese into the U.S., and pledged fair treatment for the ones already in the U.S.