Chapter 6 Urban America 6.1 Immigration

Europeans Flood into America Immigrant- one who enters and becomes established in a country other than that of his or her original nationality.

Immigration Push Factors (reasons to leave) Pull Factors (reason for coming to America) Farm poverty and work uncertainty War and military service Political tyranny Religious oppression Population pressure Plenty of land of work Higher standard of living Democratic political system Opportunity for social advancement

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Immigration Old immigrants came from Northern and Western Europe England, France, Ireland, and Germany New immigrants came from Southern and Eastern Europe Italy, Poland, Russia, Greece

Ellis Island Ellis Island was used for medical examination It was a 3 story building, crowded, and loud Immigrants would be deported for eye disease, other diseases, and not having any money https://youtu.be/ubT-Bm36L2U?list=PLN0z1z_BzjxuLYp7EjMRGGuAmkGRR4xcV

Ethnic Neighborhoods Immigrants lived in neighborhoods with people from the same country Common language Customs Religion News paper from home land

Chinese Come to America Angel Island on the Westcoast Why? Jobs? Famine Land shortage for peasants Civil war in Taiping Railroads Construction workers Some skilled labor Merchants and small business

Nativism Is an extreme dislike for immigrants from native born people It started because of the fear of catholic moving into protestant areas immigrants would take jobs from natives because they would work for less money and would accept jobs as strikebreakers

Chinese immigration California did not treat the Chinese or Asian immigrants well forced Koreans, Japanese, and Chinese to segregated schools Passed the Chinese Exclusion Act Law barred Chinese immigrants for 10 years and stopped Chinese immigrants from gaining citizenship

Theodore Roosevelt Made a deal known as the “Gentlemen's Agreement” Japan would limit immigration if schools would stop segregation