ImmigrationIndustrialization undermines the idea that every American

should be their own boss

• Prior Knowledge- Think- What do you feel American culture is based on? Do immigrants destroy Am culture?

• Objectives- students will understand the groups and reasons for the huge influx of immigration at the ends of the 1800’s

• Goal Questions• 1) Identify the Old Immigrants and New Immigrants.

Explain why one group was welcomed in the US and the other was not

• 2) Analyze how Mexican immigration at the turn of the century was different than today?

• 3) Evaluate if immigrants today have the same difficulties that immigrants a hundred years ago.

Immigration to the US (late 1800’s)- between 1870-1920, over 20 million people moved to the US

• Push Factors (Why would people want to leave their country?

• Pull Factors- What are the reasons people want to come to US

New vs. Old ImmigrantsEurope- source of 75% immigrants to the US

• Old Immigrants– Before 1890- most came from

Northern and Western Europe (England, Germany, Ireland, Scandinavia)

• Why would these immigrants be acceptable to Americans?

• Light skinned, protestant, English speaking

• New Immigrants– 1890-1910- most came from

Southern and Eastern Europe (Italy, Russia, Poland)

• Why would these immigrants have a problem fitting into US?

• Darker skinned, Jewish or Catholic, diff. language

Other Immigrant groups- Chinese

• Asia- Chinese and Japanese, most all settled in California

• Why move to US?– -Gold rush, jobs (rail roads,

farming, mining, domestic chores (cleaning), save money and move back to China

– Difficulty- looked and sounded vastly different, became target of organized racism and violence in CA

– Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882- banned immigration of Chinese to US

MexicansMexican-American War (1849) US took

½ of Mexico (CA,NV,UT,NM,AZ,+TX)– *Mexicans living in those states

automatically became American– ?Why do Mexicans seek to come to US?

• 1902 Reclamation Act- Gov. encouraged farming in CA and Southwest creating jobs for Mexicans– How is this different from Am.’s attitude

toward Mex. imm. Today?

• Mexican Civil War 1910-1919- many left Mexico to escape death, starvation, and crime– *No limit on Mexican immigration (no

illegal immigration from Mex.)

Entering the US? What are some of the difficulties

immigrants have entering and living in the US today?

• Difficult journey- most immigrants traveled by boats in the cargo hold (crowded, uncomfortable)

• Requirements to Enter US- need to pass a physical examination, reading/intelligence test, $25

• Ellis Island (NY) and Angel Island (SF) entry point for most immigrants

Difficulties in US• Ethnic Enclaves immigrants

moved to neighborhoods where people spoke their language, had shared beliefs,

• Culture Shock- confusion and anxiety new immigrants felt after arriving in the US

• Nativism- movement by some Americans against immigrants from the “wrong countries”, feared these new people influencing America