Unit 5: The Progressive Era (1890 – 1920)

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Unit 5: The Progressive Era (1890 – 1920) The Immigrant Experience

Old Immigrants vs. New Immigrants 1865 –U.S. Population = 31.5 Million 1865–1920 – 30 Million Immigrants entered the U.S. Most from Europe. 1840–1880 – Most from N & W Europe. These were the Old Immigrants. 1880-1920 – New Immigrants from E & S Europe (Slavs, Italians, Russians, and many Jews; Culturally different from Old Immigrants & many didn’t assimilate well ).

Identifying Pushes and Pulls Complete T-Chart for Pushes/ Pulls List the reasons people came to America and classify them as Pushes/ Pulls

Why did they come? Push Factors Factors that caused them to leave home Wars Famines Lack of Freedom Lack of Opportunity No Jobs or Land Pull Factors Factors that drew them to America Freedom Desire to Own Land Mostly the availability of Jobs

Ellis Island, NYC (1892-1954) By 1900, crossing took 7 days Most traveled in the steerage b/c it was cheaper 12 Million came (2% failed physicals) Most lived in ghettoes Discrimination/ Nativism were common

Immigrants from Asia Angel Island, SF (1910) – Most Asians came into here Chinese Exclusion Act (1882), 92, & 02 Gentlemen’s Agreement with Japan (1907) Webb-Alien Land Law (CA) – prevented land ownership by aliens

Immigrants from Latin America 1900-1920 more than 10% of Mexico’s population came to the U.S. Settled in CA and S.W. U.S. WW I created labor shortage in mines and on farms

Shutting the Golden Door Xenophobia – the fear of immigrants Nativism – the belief that native-born white Americans were superior to newcomers Emergency Quota Act of 1921 (3% or 1910 Census) Immigration Act of 1924 (2% of 1890 Census) End of WW I in 1918 saw a revival of the KKK

The Great Migration (1910-1920) Nearly 400,000 African-Americans served in A.E.F.! 1.2 Million moved North to the “Land of Hope” Chicago (meatpacking), Detroit (new auto industry), and to cities in the NE U.S. Push (racism & Jim Crow laws); Pull (jobs & family)

Exit Slip – Immigration 1. The major port of entry after 1892 for European immigrants to America? a. Long Island b. Ellis Island 2. Immigrants who came mostly from countries of Eastern and Southern Europe? a. New Immigrants b. Old Immigrants Most of the 12 million who came to the U.S. in NYC were turned away. a. True b. False 4. Most immigrants from Asia arrived here? a. San Diego, CA b. San Francisco, CA