1. Immigrant Experience

2. 1. Why come to America?

3. Push Factors Extreme poverty Farming was not profitable Unemployment Compulsory military service Political tyranny Religious oppression Persecution Oppressive power exerted by govt. Cruel/unjust use of power Weighed down Pursue w/ harassing/oppressive treatment

4. Pull Factors Plenty of land Employment Higher standard of living Democratic political system Opportunity for social advancement “rags to riches” stories Carnegie!

5. 2. Americanization SCHOOLS!!

6. 3. Nativism Chinese Exclusion Act - Barred Chinese immigration for 10 years (1882 ) - Prevented Chinese already in the country from becoming citizens -Preferring native born people over immigrants or foreign born people

7. 4. Cultural Diffusion Cultural trait, object, idea or behavior spread from one society to another. McD’s = our culture in an Arabic culture Chinese Enclave = Chinese culture in our society

8. 5. Ethnic Neighborhoods New York City

9. NYC’s Five Boroughs

10. 1932

11. "...in New York no single country or region of origin dominates."

13. El Barrio (Spanish Harlem) East Harlem Manhattan Borough

14. Harlem African Americans Manhattan

16. Hell’s Kitchen Irish Manhattan

18. East Village Polish Ukrainian Manhattan

19. Little Italy Italians Manhattan

20. Lower East Side Jewish Manhattan

21. Chinatown China Hong Kong Manhattan

22. El Barrio/Spanish

23. “Ethnic neighborhoods becoming thing of past” Sunday, May 25, 2003 by Gary Rotstein, Post-Gazette Staff Writer

24. “The neighborhood's groceries still sell special meats and candies imported from Poland, but local Polish-language classes ended with the shutdown of the church's school in 1997.”