Old Immigrants From 1810-1860 From Europe: English, Scottish, Irish. Dutch, Germans, and more.
WHY? Escape from oppression Freedom of religion To have a better life
Post Civil War- Gilded Age New Immigrants Post Civil War- Gilded Age From Europe and Asia: Italy, Russia, Greece, Japan, and China.
WHY?- Same Reasons Escape oppression “Rags to Riches” American Dream To get a good job
“Give me your poor huddled masses yearning to breath free.” Push Immigration Pull Immigration Escape War Escape Persecution (Russian Jews escaping the Pogroms) Famine and Disease (Irish Potato Famine) Democracy Religious Freedom Economic Opportunity Free Land (The Homestead Act)
Life style after Immigration
Immigration Challenges Finding a place to live- tenement houses in ghettoes Assimilation- language, customs Finding a job- low wages, sweatshops Nativism
Initial Immigration Restrictions Immigration Restriction League Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) Gentlemen’s Agreement - Japan (1907) Literacy Tests (1917)
1920s Government Immigration Restrictions Emergency Quota Act- 1921(3% of 1910 #s) National Origins Act- 1924 (2% of 1890 #s) National Origins Act- 1929(made 1924 permanent and banned Asian Immigration)
Rate of immigration
From 1990-2018 Modern Immigrants From Asia and Latin America: Mexico, Philippines, Vietnam, Korea, Syria, and more.
WHY?- Similar Reasons Better educational opportunities Family reuniting Escape conflicts in their own countries
IMPACT Transformed America The ethnic diversity changed America to a more multi-cultural society Cultural contributions are that it can be seen in art, food, music and culture of modern America
A Border Wall with Mexico Are recent immigration policy suggestions “American”? A Border Wall with Mexico Travel ban from seven predominantly Muslim Nations
Dream Act Is Approved in N. Y Dream Act Is Approved in N.Y. to Aid Undocumented Students, in Rebuke to Trump