Post Reconstruction America

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Post Reconstruction America
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Westward Movement

• Era of American Cowboy the Indian Removal

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Economic Opportunities in west

• Various jobs in west that were not in Eastern
  states
• Homestead Act
• Free land out west to anyone willing to farm and
  cultivate the land for 5 years

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List as many jobs as you see for people headed
west
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Migration after Civil War

• Southerners needed a new start (former
  Confederates banned from Homestead Act)
• African-Americans moved out west to use their
  agricultural skills

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Transcontinental Railroad

• Authorized by Lincoln in 1862
• Completed in 1869
• Made moving cargo and people much easier

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10 years later..
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Immigration
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Old Immigrants (Pre-1871)

• Immigrated from northern and western Europe
• Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Norway, and
  Sweden

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New Immigrants (Post-1871)

• Immigrated from southern and eastern Europe
• Italy, Greece, Poland, Russia, and present-day
  Hungary and Yugoslavia
• As well as Asia (China and Japan).

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Reasons for Immigration

• Seeking freedom
• Better lives
• Escaping persecution
• JOBS!!!!

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What Am I?

• Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
• With conquering limbs astride from land to land
• Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
• A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
• Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
• Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
• Glows world-wide welcome her mild eyes command
• The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
• "Keep ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries
  she
• With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
• Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
• The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
• Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
• I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

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Statue of Liberty
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Ellis Island

• Processing center in New York for new immigrants
  from Europe

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Ellis Island

• Statue of Liberty first sign of freedom and
  America as ships entered country

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Angel Island

• Processing center in California for immigrants
  entering from Asia

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Contributions of Immigrants
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Chinese

• Worked on railroads

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Irish (Ireland)

• Worked on railroads
• Also worked in textile and steel mills

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Italians/Slavs (Yugoslavia)

• Worked in Coalmines

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Poles (Poland)

• Worked in Coalmines
• Worked in Clothing Industry in New York

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Problems facing Immigrants
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Assimilation

• Immigrants had trouble becoming a part of
  American culture
• Did not speak English
• Uneducated
• Public schools helped immigrants

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Ethnic Neighborhoods

• City neighborhoods consisting of immigrants from
  the same culture
• Allowed immigrants to slowly learn American
  culture while keeping their own

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Problems with Immigrants

• Immigrants worked for less taking jobs from
  Americans
• Americans were scared of new religions and
  cultures
• Americans didnt trust immigrants

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Limits on Immigration
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Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

• Put a limit on number of Chinese immigrants

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Immigration Restriction Act of 1921

• Ended all immigration from Europe
• Although immigration dramatically slowed after
  these acts, immigrants continued to provide
  valuable contributions to American life