Immigration

Write it down and Answer What is immigration in your own words? Why do you think immigrants would have come in the late 1800s-early 1900s? What do you think the reaction was of people already in America? What were the challenges that immigrants faced? What do you think immigrant’s journey was like in the early 1900s? What are the immigrant stories in your family?

When you look at the following image…. What do you think

The New Colossus BY EMMA LAZARUS “Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, 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!” Where have you seen lines from this poem before? What do you think this poem is about? How does this poem make you feel about being an American? When do you think it was written?

Backlash against Immigrants Nativism - the belief that native-born Americans are superior to foreigners Know Nothing Party – a nativist political group that got the nickname from the New York Times Named for their unwillingness to talk about their party’s activities, saying “I know nothing” Called themselves the “Native American Party” Why would this be ironic to modern students of US history?

Social Darwinism The belief that white, wealthy, Anglo-Saxon Americans were biologically superior to other groups The misapplication of biological evolutionary language of Charles Darwin to politics, economics, and society Social Darwinists embraced laissez-faire capitalism and racism. Believed that government should not interfere in the “survival of the fittest” by helping the poor and promoted the idea that some races were biologically superior to others Eugenics- a set of beliefs and practices that aims at improving the genetic quality of the human race Fitter Family Competitions – at state fairs, families would be judged on their health, quantity of children, heritage, and appearance. What other things do we judge like this? _____________________________

A history of Racism

ET- Answer the following questions on a sheet of paper ET- Answer the following questions on a sheet of paper. Turn it in before you leave. These are USCIS questions What do we call the first ten amendments? How many US Senators are there? How old do citizens have to be to vote for President? Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803? Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II? Name one US Territory. Why does the flag have 13 stripes? Name two national US Holidays. How many justices are on the Supreme Court?

Narrative Writing Prompt Imagine you are an immigrant in the late 1800s. What would your journey be like? What would your obstacles be? Why did you leave your homeland? What would you be afraid of? What would you look forward to?