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Who Said What About Immigrants?Slide2
Quote One
“America’s culture, customs, and language are under assault from foreigners who come to live here and, instead of learning the American way of life, choose to impose their own alien cultures, languages, and institutions upon us. . .”Slide3
“America’s culture, customs, and language are under assault from foreigners who come to live here and, instead of learning the American way of life, choose to impose their own alien cultures, languages, and institutions upon us. . .”
(1) 1753, Editorial,
Pennsylvania Legal Tract,
Benjamin Franklin, in reference to the Germans.Slide4
Quote Two
“These cheap slaves fill every place. Their dress is scant and cheap. They hedge twenty in a room, ten by ten. They are. . .mean, contemptible. . .They have no wives, children or dependents. They are in every place. . . .Boys work, girls work; it is all alike to them.”
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“These cheap slaves fill every place. Their dress is scant and cheap. They hedge twenty in a room, ten by ten. They are. . .mean, contemptible. . .They have no wives, children or dependents. They are in every place. . . .Boys work, girls work; it is all alike to them.”
(2) 1847, Editorial, Chicago Post,
in reference to the Italians.Slide6
Quote Three
“There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn’t an American at all. . .We have room for but one flag, the American flag. . .We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language. . .and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people.”Slide7
“There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn’t an American at all. . .We have room for but one flag, the American flag. . .We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language. . .and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people.”
(3) 1915, Address to Knights of Columbus,
President Theodore Roosevelt, in reference to the immigrants from southern EuropeSlide8
Quote Four
“The _____ fill our prisons. Scratch a convict or a pauper and chances are that you tickle the skin of a __________. Putting them on a boat and sending them home would end crime in this country”Slide9
“The _____ fill our prisons. Scratch a convict or a pauper and chances are that you tickle the skin of a __________. Putting them on a boat and sending them home would end crime in this country”
(4) 1878, Editorial,
Indianapolis Times,
in reference to the IrishSlide10
Quote Five
“The laws should be rigidly enforced which prohibit the immigration of a ______ class to compete with American labor, with no intention of acquiring citizenship, and bringing with them and retaining habits and customs repugnant to our civilization.”Slide11
“The laws should be rigidly enforced which prohibit the immigration of a ______ class to compete with American labor, with no intention of acquiring citizenship, and bringing with them and retaining habits and customs repugnant to our civilization.”
(5) 1885, March 4 Inaugural Address,
President Grover Cleveland, in reference to all immigrants.Slide12
Quote Six
"We have become the world's melting pot. The scum of creation has been dumped on us. Some of our principal cities are more foreign than American. The most dangerous and corrupting hordes of the ______ have invaded us.... The manufacturers are mainly to blame. They wanted cheap labor; and they [don’t] care how much harm to our future might be the consequence of their heartless policy.“Slide13
"We have become the world's melting pot. The scum of creation has been dumped on us. Some of our principal cities are more foreign than American. The most dangerous and corrupting hordes of the ______ have invaded us.... The manufacturers are mainly to blame. They wanted cheap labor; and they [don’t] care how much harm to our future might be the consequence of their heartless policy.“
(6) 1924, Campaign Trail,
Presidential Candidate, Thomas E. Watson,
in reference to the Jewish of eastern EuropeSlide14
Quote Seven
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Confronted with the requirement . . . .that __________ immigrants carry an identity card proving they were in the country legally or face deportation, thousands refused to submit to what they called the ‘___________ Law’ thus undertaking one of “perhaps the largest acts of civil disobedience in the United States.”Slide15
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Confronted with the requirement . . . .that __________ immigrants carry an identity card proving they were in the country legally or face deportation, thousands refused to submit. . . thus undertaking one of “perhaps the largest acts of civil disobedience in the United States.”
(7) 1896, DRIVEN OUT: THE FORGOTTEN WAR AGAINST CHINESE AMERICANS
by Jean Pfaeizer Slide16
Quote Eight
“The old employments by which we have heretofore gained our livelihood, are gradually, and it may seem inevitably, passing into other hands. Every hour sees the ________ elbowed out of employment by some newly arrived immigrant whose hunger and whose color are thought to give him a better title to the place."Slide17
“The old employments by which we have heretofore gained our livelihood, are gradually, and it may seem inevitably, passing into other hands. Every hour sees the ________ elbowed out of employment by some newly arrived immigrant whose hunger and whose color are thought to give him a better title to the place."
(8) 1853, Letter, Frederick Douglas,
in reference to the GermansSlide18
One Last Quote
“Few of their children know English. Nor do they wish to. . .ads, street signs, and even legal documents are in their own language. . .unless the stream of these people can be turned away from this country to other countries, they will soon outnumber us so that we will not be able to save our language or our government.”Slide19
“Few of their children know English. Nor do they wish to. . .ads, street signs, and even legal documents are in their own language. . .unless the stream of these people can be turned away from this country to other countries, they will soon outnumber us so that we will not be able to save our language or our government.”
1753, Editorial, Pennsylvania Legal Tract,
Benjamin Franklin, in reference to the Germans