Immigration
Jan 16, 2016
Immigration
Immigration
Immigration – when people move from one country to another country.
Between 1866 & 1915, more than 25 million immigrants moved to the U.S.
Push Factors Conditions that drive people to leave their homes.
1. Scarce Land 2. Farm jobs lost to new machines 3. Revolution 4. Poverty and hard lives 5. Political and religious persecution.
Persecution – To annoy or harass someone.
Pull Factors Conditions that attract immigrants to a new area.
1. Promise of freedom and better life. 2. Family or friends already settled in the U.S. 3. Factory jobs available.
Pull Factors 1. Promise of freedom and better life. 2. Family or friends already settled in the U.S. 3. Factory jobs available.
Melting Pot a mixture of people from different cultures
and races who blend together by abandoning their native languages and cultures
Through the “Golden Door” Europeans (East Coast)
1890’s immigrants from southern and eastern Europe
Reasons for leaving religious persecution rising populations reform and revolt
Ellis Island Inspection station in NY Harbor
Processed immigrants physical examination by a doctor checked by a government inspector
Chinese and Japanese (West Coast) Chinese
gold rush built railroads, mined, farmed
Japanese recruited for Hawaiian farms 1898 annexation of Hawaii High American Wage
Angel Island Inspection Station in San Francisco
Endured harsh questioning and long detention
Other Nationalities The West Indies
limited jobs Heard about the economic boom in America
Mexico political turmoil newly created farmland in the southwest
Galveston
Inspection Station in Galveston Major port of entry before Ellis
Island An estimated 200,000 immigrants
entered America through Galveston from 1865 to 1924
Life in the New Land
Came by boat Traveled in steerage
Crowded conditions which allowed disease to spread quickly
Cooperation for Survival
Challenges find a place to live get a job try to understand the
language and culture Emergence of ethnic communities
The Crowded City
Many immigrants settled in the city
Most lived near family or friends Tenements: multifamily urban
dwelling, usually overcrowded and unsanitary
Overcrowding led to sanitation & safety problems
Poverty made immigrants susceptible to corrupt politicians
Americanization Movement
education program designed to help immigrants assimilate to American culture History and English
lessons Cooking and social
etiquette
Immigration Restrictions
Nativism favoring the interest of native-
born people over foreign-born people.
Introduction of Nativist groups Nativist did not object
immigrants from the “right” countries
Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) Banned the entry of Chinese
immigrants for ten years By 1902 Chinese immigration was
restricted indefinitely