The Lure of America Old Immigrants mostly Protestant from northwestern Europe Irish British German French Arriving between 18001880 New Immigrants mostly south and eastern Europe Czech Greek Hungarian Italian Polish Russian Chinese Japanese ID: 734304
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21-1
The New ImmigrantsSlide2
The Lure of AmericaOld Immigrants- mostly Protestant from northwestern Europe Irish, British, German, FrenchArriving between 1800-1880New Immigrants- mostly south and eastern Europe
Czech, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Chinese, Japanese
Arriving between 1891-1910
Ellis
Island
Angel
IslandSlide3
Push FactorsSomething that “pushes” you out of your home country or “causes you to leave” Religious persecution, scarce (limited) land, famine, no jobs, wars, family already leftSlide4
Pull FactorsSomething that “pulls” or “attracts” an immigrant to a new countryJob opportunities, land, religious freedom, political freedom, to be with familySlide5
Arriving in AmericaVery difficult journey that lasted weeks-monthsMost immigrants traveled in the steerage compartment of the shipSteerage- below deck compartment in the poorest conditions, cramped, dark, overcrowdedMost Europeans entered through Ellis Island (NY)
Most Asians entered through Angel Island (San Fran)Slide6
Stop and ThinkExplain what a pull factor is and give three examplesExplain what a push factor is and give three examplesDescribe the conditions that many immigrants faced as they traveled to AmericaSlide7Slide8Slide9
Immigration StationExtremely loud, crowdedHad to undergo medical examCriminal record checkSometimes had name changed or altered
Ellis Island
Angel IslandSlide10
Ellis IslandSlide11
Angel IslandSlide12
Western Europeans
Eastern Europeans
And AsiansSlide13
Starting a New LifeImmigrants faced a very difficult time when moving into AmericaLanguage barrier, finding jobs, caring for families, finding a place to liveSlide14
Nativists Oppose ImmigrationNativists- people who hated immigrantsFelt they were going to take their jobsVery prejudice peopleSlide15
Immigrant Communities“Patchwork” of ethnic and cultural pockets throughout many citiesSettled in the same places as their families, people of their home countriesAcculturation- process of holding on to older traditions while adapting to new
ones
Learning slang, sports, foods, language, traditions,
etc.Slide16
Chinese Exclusion ActDue to the economic fall in 1873 and scarce jobs, Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act This act prevented Chinese from entering the U.S. Slide17
Stop and ThinkWhat was the immigration station for most European immigrants? Asian immigrants?Describe some of the difficulties that immigrants faced upon arrival to America.Where did most immigrants settle once they made it to America?
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JournalYou are an immigrant from a country of your choosing. You just made the very long and difficult journey to America. Write a letter back home to describe for your family and friends what the journey was like and what they can expect. Be sure to include the following:What country your fromWhy you are leaving (2 push factors)
Why you are going to
America
(2 pull factors)
The journey itselfYour experience at Ellis IslandWhere you are living in NYC