We will:look at the reasons that people from other countries
came to America in the late 1800s.
I will: evaluate how immigration,internal migration andurbanization
transformedAmerican Life 1. VS. Natural Disasters War Famine Lack
of Opportunity
Persecution (P/R) Jobs Freedom (P/R) Land Family Push/Pull Factors
1890s Ireland potato famine
Russia religious persecution Italians/Asians work My cousin wrote
me a letter from America. He says he'smaking good money -- much
more than he ever had athome. The factory works around the clock,
every day,even Sunday! They always need new workers. Hepromises me
I will have work if I come! I can stay at theboarding house where
he stays. --Josef, Poland,1905 2.A Result of Population Patterns
Change
D. Population Density in NORTH- EASTERN Cities 3. Settle in ghettos
in City 12. SE Europe (It, AH, Pol, Russia)
11. NW Europe (I, G, UK) Settled Frontier Literate Educated
Protestant Skilled 18.Assimilated Settle in ghettos in City 12.SE
Europe (It, AH, Pol, Russia) 1. Jewish and Catholic Illiterate Lack
Education 19.Sold idea of America the land of opportunity Poor No
English Political Bosses Less Likely to Assimilate 19. "Sold" the
idea of America the land of opportunity Whole system worked on
patronage & graft
Political bosses politicians from your neighborhood who could GET
THINGS DONE! Bosses part of a political machine Political Party
that dominated the city Whole system worked on patronage& graft
Appt.s to government jobs as long as youvoted for the right guy.
Handouts, freebies, WELFARE! 3. Immigrants came to work:
Steel plants. Coal mines. Construction. Stores. Factories. 4. LIFE
In America 4.A Tenements a block of apartments
Crowded Smelly Dirty Tenement Life: Small, cramped on the
inside.
Pretty dirty on the outside too. Sanitation in big cities were
lacking.
Toilets were outside. Urban housing was overcrowded and
unsanitary
Urban housing was overcrowded and unsanitary. Many found it very
difficult to accept. An old Italian saying summed up the
disillusionment felt by many: "I came to America because I heard
the streetswere paved with gold. When I got here, I found outthree
things: First, the streets weren't paved withgold; second, they
weren't paved at all: and third, Iwas expected to pave them." In
spite of the difficulties, few gave up and returnedhome. As you
might expect Crime rates began to climb. Gangs began to form.
Transportation was improving.
Trollies Subways Cars Trains As transportation improves, people can
now start to live outside of the urban center suburbs now start to
form. Long Island People in cities could now commute to work.
The 1st subway in NYC. Nativism: Cause and Effect
Nativism: Definition Causes of Nativism? Religious differences
Competition for Jobs cause lower wages lack of willingness to
assimilate Effect of Nativism? Job Discrimination Anti-Imm. Groups
Anti-Imm Laws Government enacts Anti-Immigrant Laws
Chinese Exclusion Act First time govt restricts
immigrationtargeting one racial group National Origins Act Pressure
from Nativist groups andlabor unions Est. a 2% Quota on Immigration
Purpose: To reduce immigration as a whole To target
undesirableimmigrantsmore thandesirable immigrants! HOW IT WORKS
Take total # of people living in America from each foreign
nation.Take 2% of that number to determine how many immigrants are
allowed into the Nation per year Example: Great Britain:Immigrating
to America since 1607 Population in 1920: % = 70,000
Italy:Immigrating to America around 1880 Population in 1920: 2% =
4000 per year How does the National Origins Act accomplish its
PURPOSE? SAQ Practice
