Immigration, Urbanization, and the Gilded AgeFebruary 17, 2014

Bell Ringer YOU NEED YOUR BOOK TODAY!!!!

What problems does Chicago face in contemporary society? (Today) Hint: Think about social and economic problems?

Objective Today I will be able to make observations and inferences

about immigration, urbanization, and the Gilded Age while reading a secondary source (textbook).

Announcements: Binder Check Friday

Don’t forget Office hours moved to Thursday mornings at 7:15. Questions? Email me or set up a time to meet.

Immigration Many people from all over the

world came to America for new opportunities. Economic Social Religious Freedom

Once in America, groups had to face the challenges of assimilation. What might some of these

problems be?

19th Century Immigration Statistics

19th Century Immigration Statistics

Why might different ethnic groups immigrate to America during this time? Example: Irish Potato Famine

Urbanization Many immigrants chose to

live in cities due to greater opportunities for jobs that required less education/skills.

Even native born Americans moved to the cities from the country. New industrialized farming

equipment required less people working on farms.

Industrialization called for more people working as laborers and in factories.

The Gilded Age A time of political

power. Political Bosses Kickbacks People of similar

groups sticking together to gain power.

Voting fraud

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Becoming AmericanFebruary 18, 2014

Classwork Read the handout, “Laundrymen and Movies.” Answer the following questions:

Why do you think Wong describes herself as “Chinese” rather than American?”

Why do you think she devoted much of the first installment of her memoirs to an event that took place when she was six years old?

What is she trying to tell her fans about herself and other Chinese Americans through this story?

Provide three adjectives that describe what it might be like to immigrate to America in the 19th century.

Objective Examine the image of the Chinese in films during the 1920s

and 1930s to develop an understanding of the challenges and opportunities Chinese Americans faced

Explore the struggle of the Chinese and other immigrant groups to secure a place for themselves in American society as Americans

Announcements: Binder Check Friday

Don’t forget Office hours moved to Thursday mornings at 7:15. Questions? Email me or set up a time to meet.

Chinese Exclusion Act On the following slide you will see a

timeline of the Chinese Exclusion Act (yes, you have seen it before ) What do you notice about the experiences

of Chinese immigrants during this time? Who was and was not considered to be

American citizens? What was life like when coming to America

from China?

Chinese Exclusion Act

Becoming American As we watch the video answer the

observation and inference questions.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1DuyLRa4zQ&list=PLI5jTkLSc4hyzcuY5Tsosf5mO58jocAOS

Immigration Restriction LeagueFebruary 19, 2014

Bell Ringer What are some examples of

restrictions placed on immigrants coming to the United States? What might be some reasons for

these restrictions? Why might these restrictions be

unjust?

Objective Today I will be able to identify an author’s claims

and/or counterclaims and why those are important to our understanding of history.

Announcements: Binder Check Friday

Don’t forget Office hours moved to Thursday mornings at 7:15. Questions? Email me or set up a time to meet.

Immigration Restriction League Founded in 1894 by Harvard

graduates

Advocated a literacy requirement as a means to limit immigration into the United States.

League members had lost faith in the nation's ability to assimilate newcomers into its political, social, and cultural fabric. They associated immigration with the socio-economic problems of their increasingly urban and industrialized society crowded tenements, poverty,

crime and delinquency, labor unrest, and violence.

Immigration Restriction League Made a distinction between the "old immigrants" of English,

Irish, and German stock and the "new immigrants" from Italy and Eastern Europe. claimed that these recently arrived "undesirables" were inherently

unable to participate in self-government or to adopt American values.

Many League spokesmen came to identify with the eugenics movement, which found a pseudoscientific basis for the classification and ranking of ethnic and racial groups.

Henry Cabot Lodge Senator from Massachusetts

Determined to protect the sovereignty of the United States

Helped start the Immigration Restriction League

Believed that some ethnicities were inherently superior to others. By allowing “inferior”

ethnicities into America, it would ruin our political, economic, and social standing.

Proposed a bill to Congress that would require all immigrants to pass a literacy test in order to gain citizenship.

President Grover Cleveland Argued that granting

citizenship based on a literacy test would determine the success of America’s future politically, economically, or socially.

Vetoed Lodge’s bill in 1897

Readings: Henry Cabot Lodge Read the ideas from Henry Cabot Lodge on why he proposed

and supports a literacy test for immigrants. Before Reading:

Skim and scan Circle unknown words Underline/highlight words that stand out to you Make predictions

During Reading: Annotate ! By things that stand out/excite you ? By things you don’t understand/want to know more about

Readings: President Cleveland Read the ideas from Henry Cabot Lodge on why he proposed

and supports a literacy test for immigrants. Before Reading:

Skim and scan Circle unknown words Underline/highlight words that stand out to you Make predictions

During Reading: Annotate ! By things that stand out/excite you ? By things you don’t understand/want to know more about

After Reading Complete the claims and counterclaims handout. Back up your claims/counterclaims evidence

Be sure to use explicit text evidence. Use “” marks to signify the evidence.

Be aware of the differences of both men in terms of their views of literacy tests for immigrants.

At the end, write a MEL-Con paragraph providing your views on the literacy test.