Coming to America

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Coming to America

• Immigration is painful to all men

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Why do people leave their homeland?

• Economic
• Poverty, Famine, land of opportunity
• Religious
• Pilgrims, Freedom to Worship
• Political
• Declaration of Independence
• Forced
• Slavery

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Waves of Immigrants
OLD NEW MODERN
WEALTH
APPEARANCE
TREATMENT
RELIGION
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Old immigrants/modern times
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OLD Immigration

• Old Immigrants (1840-1890)
• Northern/Western Europe
• Germany, Ireland, England, Sweden, Norway,
  Holland

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Old Immigrants

• Relocate to Midwest Farmland
• Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Ohio
• Remain Isolated
• Hold onto culture and language for several
  generations.

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Old Immigrants

• Wealth?
• Appearance?
• Treatment in America
• Religion

• Some wealth, buy farm, not dirt poor.
• Light skin, light hair, white.
• Generally Accepted.
• Mainly Protestant

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Old Immigrants
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New Immigration

• New Immigrants (1890-1930)
• 18 Million
• Southern/Eastern Europe
• Italy, Hungary, Spain, Russia, Poland, Greece

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Travel

• Ships (2 Weeks)
• Steerage (bottom of ship) poor ventilation, food,
  air quality, toilets, no privacy.
• Cost 50.00

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Travel / Entry Points

• 70 New York City
• Baltimore, Boston, Philadelphia
• Ellis Island, NY. (Welcome/Process Station)
  Located near Statue of Liberty.
• Who is fit to live in America?

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New Immigrants

• Relocate to major industrial cities.
• New York, Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Boston
• Become ghetto dwellers.
• Live in small cramped urban apartments. Make
  money and send for relatives.

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New Immigrants

• Wealth
• Appearance
• Treatment in America
• Religion

• Poor to Very Poor
• Darker Skin, Darker Hair, (White)
• Not accepted, Flood job market, appearance,
  religion.
• Catholic, Greek Orthodox

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New Immigrants
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Additional Facts on Immigration

• 25 Million come to U.S.A. Between 1860-1930
• Some want to limit Immigration 1890 (close of
  Western Frontier) No more West
• Fear of Increased competition leads to new
  legislation/nativist attitudes

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Chinese Immigration

• Entry San Francisco, Seattle
• Reasons Build R.R. Economic
• Settle Mostly Urban, but found in Rural areas

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Legal Actions Taken Against Immigrants

• Chinese Exclusion Act 1882 (Cuts off all
  immigration from China)
• Immigration Act 1917 (Ended immigration from most
  Asian-Pacific regions)
• Emergency Quota Act (3 of each nationality
  living in America)

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Nativist Reaction to Immigration

• NativismHostility from native-born Americans.
• -Racism
• -Taking Jobs
• -Wont become Real Americans

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Recent/Current Immigration

• Modern Immigration (1960 Present)
• Mexico, South America, Asia
• Multiculturalism
• Bilingualism
• Illegal Immigration

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What is Janeks Experience????

• What immigration issues does Janek deal with??