US History 10/06Historical Immigration: Patterns of Immigration

Entrance Ticket 10/06

Folk painter Grandma Moses has become such an enduring icon that many consider her ------- of America.

(A) an innovator

(B) an emblem

(C) a successor

(D) a detractor

(E) a lobbyist

Essential Questions

What does it mean to be an American?

How has immigration changed throughout history?

ObjectivesStudents will complete a close reading of a secondary source.

Students will practice identifying the main idea and supporting details.

Students will practice annotating a text.

Agenda 10/06Whole Class Reading + Questions

Summary

DTP: Patterns of Immigration

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Model Notes

Continue in document from Friday: 10-03 Model Notes

Summary Writing10 minutes

Waves of Immigration

3 Waves of Immigration to the US:

1st Wave: 1840s-1880s

2nd Wave: 1880s-1910

3rd Wave: 1965-present

1st Wave (1840s – 1880s)

Main Groups: Irish, German, English and Scandinavian

1st wave also included about 300,000 Chinese people

Chinese immigration stopped in 1882 with the Chinese Exclusion Act

2nd Wave Immigration (1880s-1910)

Like 1st wave immigrants, mostly poor

More numerous than 1st wave1870s: 2.8 million1880s: 5.2 million1900-1910: 8.8 million

Arrived from: Eastern Europe, Italy, Russia, Greece, Syria, Mexico + continued coming from 1st wave countries

Italian immigrants to the US, circa 1915.

2nd Wave Immigration (1880s-1910)

Many hoped to work in US and return home with wealthy, but vast majority changed their minds and stayed.

Substantial trend of return migration to Asia and Europe

1st and 2nd Wave Immigrants

Many settled in cities, particularly older, denser areas of cities

New York’s Lower East Side

Boston’s North End

Chicago’s West Side

Los Angeles’ East Side

1st and 2nd Wave ImmigrantsImmigrant enclaves quickly developed

Little Italy

Bohemiatown

Whole villages came from Italy to neighborhoods in New York, Philadelphia, and Chicago

Hester Street, Lower East Side, New York.

Ethnic NeighborhoodsImportant institutions in immigrants’ lives

Supported ethnic businesses, churches, aid organizations, and newspapers

Immigrants developed networks that helped them survive

New York’s Little Italy, circa 1900

TAKE-AWAYS:

Exit Ticket 10/06

What is the difference between immigration and emigration?