PPT-Immigrants flock to America

In the mid1800s Immigrants were coming to America by the thousands Most came from western Europe Ireland England Germany Scandinavia Some came from China Push Factors Cause of Emigration. Lesson 3 - . The Trip to America – Are We There Yet? . Objectives. Students will develop a sense of empathy with the experiences of . immigrants . who came to America. . Students . will understand that societies and cultures are diverse, have . Emigration. : the act of leaving one’s country to settle in another. Immigration. : the act of moving into a new country. Why would someone leave his or her homeland to make a long journey to a new country?. The Gilded Age, Industrialization, and The . Progressive Era . 1877-1912. Today. Lecture: Immigration and Industrialization . Group presentations: We are a nation of immigrants. Immigration and Industrialization . Europeans. 1870-1920. 20,000,000 Europeans came to America. Came to New York. Reasons for coming to America:. Famine. Land Shortages. Religious and Political persecution. Birds of passage- . planned to come to America to make some money and then return to their homelands.. Lesson 3 - . The Trip to America – Are We There Yet? . Objectives. Students will develop a sense of empathy with the experiences of . immigrants . who came to America. . Students . will understand that societies and cultures are diverse, have . .. . The production of iron and steel rose dramatically and western resources like lumber, gold, and silver increased the demand for improved transportation. . Railroad . development boomed as trains moved goods from the resource-rich West to the East. An Online Professional Development Seminar. Sponsored by the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources . Eastern Region Program, . coordinated by Waynesburg University.. . Lewis Hine, “Group on Italians at Ellis Island,” 1905. What are some factors that caused immigrants to come to America?. Who came here?. 1840- Old Immigrants – Northern, Western Europe. (England, Ireland, Scotland). 1880 -New European Immigrants - southern and eastern Europe. What is Xenophobia?. Xenophobia is the intense or irrational dislike or fear of people from other countries.. Who was involved with xenophobia?. The majority of Americans were influenced by the Ku Klux Klan agency, which discriminated and persecuted immigrants and minorities in America. The KKK advocate white supremacists and attack blacks, Catholics, Jews, and foreigners. . 1870-1920. 20,000,000 Europeans came to America. Came to New York. Reasons for coming to America:. Famine. Land Shortages. Religious and Political persecution. Birds of passage- . planned to come to America to make some money and then return to their homelands.. Warmup: Answer the following using . the handout. . The 1920s are often perceived as a period of great wealth. What evidence does the author present that America during the 1920s was increasingly prosperous? . GUIDING QUESTIONS. WHY DO PEOPLE MIGRATE?. HOW IS URBAN LIFE DIFFERENT FROM RURAL LIFE?. Europeans Flood Into America. How did European immigrants of the late 1800s change American society? . Let’s find out!. "Give me your tired, your poor,. Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,. The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.. Send these, the homeless, . tempest-. tost. to me,. I lift my lamp beside the golden door.”. The Lure of America. Old Immigrants. - mostly Protestant from northwestern Europe . Irish, British, German, French. Arriving between 1800-1880. New Immigrants. - mostly south and eastern Europe. Czech, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Chinese, Japanese.