Do Now 9-10-12

1
Do Now 9-10-12

• What is an immigrant?
• Why do you think immigrants would want to come to
  America?
• Predict what impact this will have on America.
• How do you think the immigrants will be treated?
• Riddle I have a heart that never beats I have a
  home but never sleep. I can take a mans house
  and build another I love to play games with my
  many brothers. I am a king among fools. Who am I?

2
Section 1 The New Immigrants
3
The Lure of America

• From 1800 to 1880, more than 10 million
  immigrants came to the United States.
• These were called old immigrants.
• The new wave between 1891-1910, some 12 million
  immigrants arrived on U.S. shores.
• 60 percent of the people living in the 12 largest
  cities were immigrants.

4
Statue of Liberty, 1876(Frederic Auguste
Bartholdi)
5

• About 70 percent of the new immigrants were
  Czech, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Polish,
  Russian, Slovak, Arabs, Armenians, Chinese,
  French, Canadians, and Japanese. Their religions
  were Catholic, and Greek Orthodox.

6
Urban Growth 1870 - 1900
7
Why did they come?

• To escape poverty and persecution.
• To make more money.

8
How did they get here?

• Railroad and steamship company promoters, often
  depicting a false picture of the U.S.
• Steerage- poorest accommodations, below deck on
  the ships lower levels near the steering
  mechanisms cramped quarters.

9
Arriving in America

• Ellis Island, New York Harbor or Angel Island in
  San Francisco Bay.
• Ellis Island immigrants saw the statue of liberty
  and thought of the American Dream.
• Only the healthy and those with a clean record
  could get into the country others would be
  departed.
• Charts on p. 221, 222

10
New Life

• Immigrants settled into crowded cities where they
  had low paying jobs as a result, many were
  forced into poor houses.
• Immigrants often lived in their own community.
  For example, Chinese immigrants often lived in a
  Chinese community.
• Benevolent societies Residents formed these to
  help immigrants in case of sickness, unemployment
  and death.

11
Pell St. - Chinatown, NYC
12
Hester Street Jewish Section
13
Cultural Practices

• Immigrants were highly encouraged to become
  American.

14
The Immigrant Worker

• Often did the countrys dirty work.
• 15 hour work days.
• Sadie Frowne quote p. 224

15
Struggling Immigrant Families
16
Nativist

• Many nativist (or native born Americans) blamed
  immigrants for social problems like crime,
  poverty, and spreading radical political ideas.
• Many thought that the immigrants stole their
  jobs.

17
Chinese Exclusion

• Chinese had worked in California and were treated
  fairly well, until the Panic of 1873 hit, and
  people needed more jobs!
• Denis Kearney (Irish immigrant), the leader of
  the Workingmens Party of California declared
  that the Chinese must go!
• The state forbid Chinese residents to own
  property of work at certain jobs.

18
Chinese Exclusion Act

• Denied citizenship to people born in China and
  prohibited the immigration of Chinese laborers.
• Many Chinese still came to the U.S.

19
Immigration Restriction League

• Sought to impose a literacy test on all
  immigrants.
• President Grover Cleveland vetoed this.