Immigration Review

What do you call people who move to the U.S. from another country? Immigrants

Problems or hard times that force people to leave their country are called Push Factors

Things that attracted immigrants to the U.S. were called Pull Factors

Push Factors War Discrimination Famine Poverty No Rights Violence No Jobs

Pull Factors Land Education Factory Jobs Dreams Freedom Family Gold!

The earliest immigrants were called Old Immigrants

Old Immigrants arrived in the 1700s & 1800s. They mainly came from NW Europe -England-Sweden-Germany -Ireland-Scotland-Norway *They were able to assimilate (blend in) because of their: Appearance Language Religion

The second wave of immigrants were the New Immigrants

New Immigrants came to the U.S. from (around) Why would so many immigrants have wanted to come here at that time? Factory Jobs!

1.) What was the second wave, in gray, called? 2.) What was going on in the U.S. around 1910 that attracted so many immigrants? 3.) Why did immigration decrease in the 1860s? 4.) What was the push factor in Ireland around 1880? NEW IMMIGRATION Industrial Expansion (factory work) The Civil War was not a pull factor! Famine

Where did the new immigrants come from? Why did they have a tough time assimilating? The rest of Europe…like Italy, Greece, Poland, and Russia. Usually people from this part of the world had darker skin or hair, spoke different languages (some even had a completely different style of writing) and different religions.

Where did immigrants from Europe arrive? Ellis Island

What happened to immigrants at Ellis Island? They were checked for sickness or other ailments and they sometimes had their names changed to sound more “American”

After 1886, immigrants coming to Ellis Island were inspired by the sight of the Statue of Liberty. Lady Liberty welcomed immigrants to America and reminded them of the freedom and prosperity they could achieve here.

“…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!" -Emma Lazarus The New Colossus A poem by Emma Lazarus is graven on a tablet within the pedestal on which the statue stands.

When immigrants arrived, they could… a.) Do what they could to fit in b.) Completely change and become “American” c.) Keep their own unique customs and don’t fit in. Acculturate Assimilate Cultural Pluralism

Life in the United States  They often lived in crowded apartments called tenements  Most worked in factories for low pay  Many faced discrimination from NATIVISTS

Nativism 1.) Is this person in support of immigration or against it? 2.) Using the vocabulary, what would you call this person? 3.) Name 2 laws limiting immigration that this man would have supported. Against! Their signs say “Stay Away” A nativist Chinese Exclusion Act Gentlemen’s Agreement

What is this cartoon and scroll describing? The United States will only accept 1 million immigrants this year. Quota