immigration 1865-1914 honors us history. immigration prior to 1865 the majority of immigration in...
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Immigration 1865-1914
Honors US History
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Immigration prior to 1865 The majority of immigration in the US
before the Civil War was from the British Isles. Predominantly British and Irish people.
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1865-1880’s Germans
Huge numbers of Germans moved to the United States looking for a better life.
1881-1885: One million Germans moved to the US; primarily in the Midwest.
Western Europeans After 1870, steam powered ships were used to make the
voyage across the Atlantic. A flood of immigrants came to the US. Nearly 25 million Europeans made the voyage. Italians,
Greeks, Hungarians, Poles, and others speaking Slavic languages constituted the bulk of this migration.
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1875 – The First Immigration Law Page Act of 1875 (AKA
The Chinese Exclusionary Act) The law excluded three
types of people Asian Convicts Asian Contract
Laborers (Slaves sort of)
Asian Prostitutes
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1880 - 1910’s Scandinavian's
1.5 million Norwegian and Swedish immigrants escaping religious persecution come to the US.
Italians 1880-1920 over two million Italians move into
the US. 1/3 return to Italy after about 5 years.
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Ellis Island 1892-1954
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Ellis Island Today, over 100 million American’s can
trace their ancestry back to people who first arrived at Ellis Island.
By 1907, Ellis Island was processing nearly a million immigrants per year.
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Ellis Island 1904 1904 Processing New
Immigrants to the US.
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Immigration Act of 1924
Established to limit immigration. Set quota's for certain ethnicities
Quota’s were based on the 1920 census. It was racist, excluding specific nationalities.
Ie: British immigration dropped 19%, Italian immigration dropped more than 90%.
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What about now? Arizona Immigration Law? Fear of Terrorists Drug Smuggling Undocumented workers Refugees Naturalization Process