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The New Immigrants Changes in American Life 1880-1914 Chapter 21, Section 2 Slide 2 Essential Questions What does a new student have to do in order to fit-in into Valhalla 8 th Grade culture? Should English be the national language of the United States? What does the term, melting pot mean to YOU? Slide 3 Why Did Immigrants Come to the United States? Slide 4 Slide 5 Slide 6 Old Immigrants vs. New Immigrants Old Immigrants (Prior to 1890) = Northern and Western Europe Britain Ireland Germany France New Immigrants (After 1890) = Southern and Eastern Europe Italy Poland Russia Slavic Peoples (Former Yugoslavia: Croatia, Bosnia, Macedonia, Serbia, Albania Jewish Slide 7 Slide 8 Ellis Island 1 st Stop for Immigrants Coming From Europe (Across the Atlantic) Between NY & NJ Screening Station Slide 9 Why an Island? Slide 10 Slide 11 Slide 12 Slide 13 Slide 14 Processing of Immigrants at Ellis Island The Great Hall (Back Then) Physical Examination Criminal Inspection Entrance Fee Slide 15 The Great Hall (Back Then) Slide 16 The Great Hall (Today) Slide 17 Physical Examinations All Immigrants Were REQUIRED to Pass a Physical Examination Check for Diseases If You Had a Disease. Slide 18 Slide 19 Slide 20 Slide 21 Slide 22 Processing at Ellis Island Slide 23 Slide 24 Angel Island Pacific1 st Stop for Immigrants Coming Across the Pacific Ocean Predominantly Asian Faced More Discrimination Slide 25 Slide 26 Slide 27 Angel Island Sleeping Arrangements Slide 28 Immigration From Mexico Mexicans had to go through Texas $8 Entrance Fee Quick Examination Much Easier to get into U.S. through Texas! Slide 29 After Getting Through Ellis Island Immigrants Went to Cities Settled in the 4 Industrial States of: Massachusetts New York Pennsylvania Illinois WHY? Slide 30 Ethnic Neighborhoods Immigrants Looked for Help from Americans from the SAME Country Help Find Jobs & Housing Published Newspapers in Native Language Pool $$$ Together for Religion Support Local Political Machine: Help Them Find Jobs! Slide 31 Little Italy Slide 32 Chinatown Slide 33 Immigrants in the EAST Most European Immigrants Took Whatever Jobs They Could Find Most Europeans Worked in Factories and Sweatshops! Got Paid Very Little! Slide 34 Immigrants in the WEST Asian Immigrants Mostly Settled in the West Immigrants Took Jobs As: Railroad Workers Owned Restaurants & Businesses Sugar Farmers Fisherman Miners Slide 35 Immigrants in the Southwest Revolution in Mexico in 1910: Thousands of Mexicans fled to the U.S. Took Jobs as Farmers & Ranchers in California and Texas Took Jobs as Copper Miners in Arizona Slide 36 What Does the Term, Melting Pot Mean to YOU? Slide 37 What Did YOU Have for Dinner Last Night? Slide 38 What is an American Meal? Slide 39 Americas Melting Pot Immigrants Wanted to Assimilate into American Culture Learn English Take Citizenship Classes Slide 40 Americas Melting Pot! Slide 41 Reasons WHY Nativists Feared/Hated Immigrants Take Americans Jobs! Immigrants Would Work for Cheaper Pay! Would Hurt Unions! Discrimination: Racial & Religous Immigrants Would Be Controlled by Political Machines Would Ruin Democracy Would Vote Whatever Political Machine Wanted Slide 42 Slide 43 Slide 44 Slide 45 U.S. Attempts to Limit Immigration in 1882 Congress Passed Laws to Limit Immigration Placed Taxes on Immigrants Coming to the U.S. (Keep Out the Poor) No Beggars/No Criminals/Nobody with Diseases The Chinese Exclusion Act! Slide 46 The Chinese Exclusion Act No Chinese Immigration to the United States for 10 Years! Completely Racist! Slide 47 Slide 48 Slide 49 Slide 50 The Quota System By the 1920s, Many Nativists Wanted to Stop Immigration to the U.S. U.S. Created the Quota System Only a Certain % of Immigrants Could Come from Each Country Slide 51 Restriction of Immigration Passed by Congress (1882) Slide 52 Slide 53 Ellis Island Today Slide 54 Slide 55 Ellis Island Today Continued Slide 56 Slide 57 Essential Questions What does a new student have to do in order to fit-in into Valhalla 8 th Grade culture? Should English be the national language of the United States? What does the term, melting pot mean to YOU?