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Section 6-1. Immigration. Through the “Golden Door”. What were these immigrants trying to escape? -famine -land shortages -religious or political persecution. Through the “Golden Door”. Europeans: Between 1870-1920 around 20 million arrived in the U.S. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Section 6-1
Immigration
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Through the “Golden Door”
• What were these immigrants trying to escape?
-famine-land shortages-religious or political persecution
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Through the “Golden Door”
• Europeans:– Between 1870-1920 around 20 million arrived
in the U.S.– Escaping religious persecution, land
shortages, and rising population.
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Through the “Golden Door”• Chinese and Japanese:
-Between 1851-1883 300,000 Chinese arrived.
-Seeking fortune (California Gold Rush-1848).
-200,000 Japanese lived on the West Coast by 1920.
-Annexation of Hawaii in 1898 increased Japanese immigration.
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Through the “Golden Door”
• West Indies and Mexico:-Between 1880-1920 about 260,000
arrived from the West Indies.-They were seeking jobs.-About 700,000 came from Mexico
between 1910-1930.-They were seeking jobs and
escaping political turmoil.
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Through the “Golden Door”
• Steerage- The cheapest accommodations on a steamship. Most immigrants booked passage in steerage. Very bad conditions.
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Life in the New Land
• Ellis Island- Immigration station in New York Harbor. From 1892 to 1924 it was the chief immigration station in the U.S. An estimated 17 million immigrants passed through it between this time.
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Life in the New Land
• Angel Island- Immigration station in San Francisco Bay. Between 1910 and 1940 about 50,000 Chinese immigrants entered through Angel Island.
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Immigration Restrictions• Melting Pot- mixture of people of different
cultures and races who blended together by abandoning their native languages and customs.
• Nativism- overt favoritism toward native born Americans.
• Chinese Exclusion Act- Banned entry to all Chinese except students, teachers, merchants, tourists, and government officials.
• Gentlemen’s Agreement- Japan’s government agreed to limit immigration of unskilled workers to U.S. in exchange for the repeal of the San Francisco segregation order.