The New Immigrants

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The New Immigrants

• NEW immigrants come to America
• Many were from southern and Eastern Europe, and
  Asia (China)
• Often Unskilled, poor, Catholic and Jewish
• Settled in cities

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II. Immigrants decide to leave home

• PUSH FACTORS
• Famine
• Wars

B. PULL FACTORS 1. Inexpensive Land 2.
Employment opportunities(Cities and factories)
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III. The Immigrant Experience

1. The Long Journey
2. Traveled in steerage (Bottom of boat)
3. Often fell ill
4. Immigrants arrive at ports
5. Arrived at ELLIS ISLAND (NY) or ANGEL ISLAND (CA)
6. To stay, immigrants had to be healthy and prove
   they had money. A skill, or a sponsor

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IV. Opportunities and Challenges in America

• Immigrants Assimilate into Society
• Settled into ethnic neighborhoods (Ghettos)
• Were encouraged to blend into society
• New Immigrants face Hostility
• Nativism
• Chinese Exclusion Act 1882 (Banned the Chinese
  from the US.)
• Gentlemens Agreement with Japan
• Immigrants Change America
• Fueled INDUSTRIAL growth
• Elected politicians (political machines)

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Immigrant Country Contribution
Thomas Paine England Wrote Common Sense
Samuel Gompers England Founded the AFL
Alexander Graham Bell Scotland Invented the telephone
Andrew Carnegie Scotland Steel manufacturer
Albert Einstein Germany Scientist
Enrico Fermi Italy Atomic physicist
Pierre LEnfant France Planned Washington DC
Jacob Riis Denmark Social reformer
John Ericsson Sweden Designed the Monitor
Knute Rockne Norway Football coach at Notre Dame
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Immigrant Experiences
Directions Read the following letters, written
by immigrants concerning their experience coming
to America through Ellis Island, and complete the
chart.
Letter title      
Immigrant Name      
Country of Origin      
Reason for Immigrating              
Experience at Ellis Island                
Characteristics of their new life in America                
Correlation of recipe to experience/previous life(If applicable) Use poverty cake recipe        
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Letter title      
Immigrant Name      
Country of Origin      
Reason for Immigrating              
Experience at Ellis Island                            
Characteristics of their new life in America              
Correlation of recipe to experience/previous life(If applicable)              
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Political
Religious
Economic
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Analyzing Attitudes on Immigration Through
Political Cartoons
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Procedures in detail

1. You will be analyzing a series of six political
   cartoons chronicling the various attitude
   Americans held towards immigrants at the turn of
   the century.
2. You will first make quick drawings of the
   displayed cartoon in the box provided.
3. Lastly we will discuss and answer the questions
   using the cartoon.

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Chinese Immigrant
Irish Immigrant
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Did Immigrants find satisfaction in America?