1. Immigrant Stories

2. Bell Work: Salad Bowl v. Melting Pot
Should immigrants to the US change their language, religion, and customs once they move here (assimilate) or not?
Why should they assimilate or not assimilate?
Salad Bowl v. Melting Pot

3. Immigration Stats Since 1820 65 Million immigrants have entered US
40% of that total entered from

4. Why they came Push factors Pull factors Poor economy
Potato blight Northwestern Europe
Discrimination and ethnic cleansing
Pull factors
US is expanding
Need for factory, railroad workers
Land is available (Homestead Act 1862)
Steamship lines advertise US as ‘land of opportunity’

5. Directions Alone or with a partner choose one story Read it
Create a Haiku or Limerick that describes this story
15 minutes - Prepare to share
Limerick (lines 1,2,5 and then 3,4 rhyme)
There once was a man from Peru
Who dreamt he was eating his shoe
He awake in the night
With a terrible fright
And found out that it was quite true
Haiku (syllables 5-7-5)
I walk across sand
And find myself blistering
In the hot, hot heat

6. Chinese Exclusion Act 1882

7. BELL WORK: Analyze this cartoon using LIE

8. A brief history of immigration
“Why should the nation become a Colony of aliens, who will shortly be so numerous … and will never adopt our language or customs, any more than they can acquire our complexion?”
Ben Franklin regarding German immigrants

9. Why did we pass the Chinese Exclusion Act?
DIRECTIONS
Examine the timeline
What happened between the 1860s, when Chinese were welcomed, and 1882, when they were excluded?
Using Documents A-D
Complete the Graphic Organizer
Combine the information from the timeline and primary sources
Answer the final question (1 paragraph)

10. Immigration
1924 National Origins Act

11. Directions Please take out your “Chinese Exclusion Act” Packet
Make sure you have completed steps 1-3
You may work with your partner from yesterday (5 mins)
We will discuss this and then hand it in for credit
Today’s Agenda
Discuss and Hand in Act Packet
Dillingham Commission Report
1924 National Origins Act

12. Bell Work
Please analyze using LIE

13. Opinions New immigrants won’t assimilate
Anti - Immigration
Pro - Immigration
New immigrants won’t assimilate
They are drunks, unwashed, uncultured
They bring poverty, disease, and threaten American culture
They provide cheaper labor than US citizens
Immigrant voters can be manipulated
Immigrants bring skills to America that benefit the nation
Diversity is a positive thing
This nation was created by immigrants seeking a better life, that tradition should continue
Unskilled immigrants work more cheaply and take the jobs that US citizens don’t want helping bring down the cost of goods
If you try to block people from coming here legally, they will just come illegally.
Opinions

14. Immigrants react to negative attitudes.
Form close-knit communities
“Little Italy”
“Chinatown”
Keeps culture alive
Keeps them safe
Keeps them isolated
Makes things worse?

15. How does the US deal with immigration in the early 1900s?
Dillingham Commission
4 Principles
We welcomed them in the past BUT there are too many people coming here and the quality of immigrant has decreased making it much more difficult for them to assimilate
The physically and mentally unfit should not be allowed into the country for economic reasons
The number of immigrants allowed into the country should correspond to the number of available jobs
If there are too many new immigrants they lower the standard of living since they are willing to work for low wages

16. How does the US deal with immigration in the early 1900s?
Dillingham Commission
3 Restrictions
Set limits on how many immigrants can enter the country per year
If they do not intend to become citizens or live here permanently they should not be allowed. Especially men with no wives or children.
Do not allow those who (because of their personal qualities or habits), would be least likely to assimilate and would make the least desirable citizens.

17. How does the US deal with immigration in the early 1900s?
Dillingham Commission
4 Methods
Do not allow anyone who cannot read or write in some language
Limit the number of people allowed in based on their race
Increase the fees to enter the country
Charge more for single men then for men with a wife and children

18. National Origins Act - 1924 Based on the Dillingham Commission Report
Limited the number of immigrants from each country
Europeans = 2% of the number of European Immigrants in the US in 1890
Italians, Hungarians, Poles were hardly here at all before 1890 – access greatly reduced
Further closes the door to people from Asia

19. National Origins Act Cont…
Effect
Immigration falls to its lowest point since the mid- 1800s
1930s
The National Origins Act
Great Depression
World War II
Combine to almost completely stop immigration
In the 1930s the number of people LEAVING the US is greater than the number of people moving in.

20. Illegal Immigration Today

21. Bell Work: please answer the question below in your notebook…
How do the fears and solutions regarding immigrants from compare to the fears and solutions you have heard people discuss today?
How are they similar/different?
Were fears then real or imagined?
Are today’s fears real or imagined?

22. Today’s Immigration Opinions
Pro Immigration
High-tech industries depend on them
12% of immigrants earn college degrees (8 % of native born Americans)
30% of tech startups in 1990s
Keep cities strong
Start small businesses - Create new jobs
Largest US cities would have seen a drop in population since 1980 without immigration
Diversity is a positive thing
Their work helps bring down the cost of goods and they will take jobs native-born citizens won’t take
Anti Immigration
Concerned that high levels of immigrants take away jobs from native-born Americans
1/3 of of immigrants lack a high school diploma
Double the amount of native born Americans
Drains poor countries of their most talented citizens
We are currently in a recession there is a job shortage

23. Today’s Immigration Policy
Emphasis on reuniting families and attracting skilled workers
Only 20,000 immigrants allowed per country (same for every nation)
Yearly cap of immigrants is 290,000

24. How to become a citizen in 2012 2 Ways
Birth
Naturalization
Born here
Congrats! You’re in 
Born in another country?
As long as one of your parents is a US citizen you’re in!
At least 18
Have applied for and been lawfully admitted to the US for permanent residence
Live here for 5+ years with Green Card
Show good moral character
Pass English Language test
Pass a US ‘knowledge’ test
Take an oath of Allegiance to the US
How to become a citizen in Ways

25. What if you came here illegally?
If you want to become a Citizen:
you must go back to your country of origin and apply for admittance
May take years or may never happen
2005
The Dream Act
Allow people brought here illegally by their parents WHEN THEY WERE CHILDREN to apply for citizenship without deportation when they turn 18
If they are enrolled in college
Or if they join the military
DOES NOT BECOME A LAW
2012 – Some in government are calling for the Dream Act to be looked at again or a similar policy to be put in place.

26. 30 Days – I’m an Illegal Immigrant
Draw a T-Chart in your notebook.
During the video please take notes on the 2 views presented in the video.
View 1:
The family should be allowed to stay
View 2:
The family should be deported

27. Policy Paper Intro

28. Bell Work Take out your T chart from yesterday
We are starting the video right away.

29. Discuss What should be done about people in this family’s situation?
Should they be given an opportunity to become citizens without deportation?
Should this only be an opportunity for the children and not the adults or should it cover everyone?
Please be able to explain your answer

30. Illegal Immigration Today
In the last 3 years
1.2 million immigrants deported
Majority Latinos
Currently
Estimated11.2 million illegal immigrants live in the US

31. Illegal Immigration Cont…
Concentrated in:
California, Texas, New York, Florida, Illinois
1982 Supreme Court Ruling
States must provide schooling for kids here illegally
Increases budget for schools
California = 2 billion/yr
Many businesses employ in low paying and difficult jobs
Los Angeles Garment Industry = most profit
Who should be punished?

32. Writing based on sources
Recognize what the source is, its value and flaws
Purpose, Audience, Bias
ALWAYS
Make it clear that the SOURCE is saying something, NOT that you are saying it
“In reaction, propaganda such as the play (Doc. A) portrayed Chinese immigrants as selfish and conspiring to intentionally run the “white man” out of the labor market.” V.
“The Chinese were very frugal and determined to make every white man jobless in California.”

33. What should the policy be?
4 choices
Open ourselves to the World
Make Emigration Unnecessary
Admit the Talent We Need
Restrict Immigration
You and your partner must decide:
Which policy you believe the US should use for immigration
Consider both legal and illegal immigration
When you have chosen a policy direction, tell Mrs. V.
You will get your first 2 sources and you may go to 214.

34. Extra Stuff

35. U.S. Citizen Ethnicity 2011 63.4% White 16% Hispanic
13% African American
5% Asian
1.2% American Indian
.2% Pacific Islander
(more than 100% due to people reporting heritage as more than one race)

36. Other Stats – USA Citizens
12% Foreign Born
19% Speak a language other than English at home