1. Is the Land of Freedom and Justice for All? From Sea to Shiny Sea? Are We There Yet?

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3. What practices causes you to believe that America is not a melting pot?... What practices causes you to believe that America is a melting pot?...

4. What is immigration and why do people immigrate? What do you know? What do you want to know? What did you learn? What is immigration? Why do people immigrate?

5. What story does this picture tell us about immigration?

6. The Face of Immigration Almost 14 million people came to America from 1860 through 1900 looking for a new home and financial opportunities. Where did these people come from? Why did they come? Who was in America the years prior to their coming?

7. Open the Door and Let Me In! Approximately 400,000 people came to American during the first years of immigration. Immigrants came from England, Holland, Sweden, France, Scotland, and Ireland during the establishment of the 13 colonies.

8. We are the World Approximately 1.5 million immigrants came to America between 1840 -1850. The potato famine forced the Irish out of Ireland. Approximately 1.5 million Irish settled in port cities such as New York and Boston from 1846- 1860. Crop failures, political persecution and religious freedom caused Germans to leave Germany. German immigrants settled on farms in the Midwest, Cincinnati, Milwaukee, and St. Louis.

9. Many Chinese were attracted to America by the gold rush in California and then worked as agricultural laborers, low paying industrial jobs, and on railroad construction crews in the West. Chinese immigrants settled on the West Coast. Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882 ending Chinese immigration for nearly a century. We are the World

10. I am Everyday People Early years of the nation, immigrants were welcomed Immigrants coming during the 1840’s met with resistance The Irish were resented because of their Catholicism. Long tradition of friction between English Protestantism and Irish Catholicism.

11. Coming to America Immigrants endured harsh conditions crossing the Atlantic Ocean. Until the 1880’s, most immigrants had come from northern Europe. After 1885, the new immigrants came from southern and eastern Europe. Italians were one of the largest groups. Another large group were European Jews.

12. Coming to America Many new immigrants came to escape economic misfortunes. Unemployment and overpopulation made living in Europe difficult. Jews came to escape religious persecution. Many believed that the streets of America were paved with gold.

13. Living in America Most new immigrants were poor, uneducated, and had few skills. They met the rising needs of American industry for an inexpensive labor force. Extended families helped people feel connected in a strange land.

14. This Land was Made for You and Me Many immigrants moved to cities with factories. Lived with people from cultures of their homelands. Spoke their language and practiced cultural traditions Established churches, clubs, newspapers, and social centers to help face challenges of living in a foreign land. Neighborhood stores and markets sold familiar foods from homeland.

15. Why You Want to Treat Me so Bad? American began to resent foreigners Immigrants blamed for low wages and unemployment. Immigrants were easy scapegoats for fear of social change experienced from Industrial Revolution. For many, the “good ole days” were gone.

16. If I had a Choice of Colors Groups formed to counter immigrant threat. American Protective Association was formed in 1887 to protest the large number of Catholic immigrants. Local laws passed prohibiting immigrants from holding certain types of jobs, and denying rights.

17. We Make a Better Place Immigration to the United States helped industrialize the nation. Immigrants worked on the canals, roads, and railroads that connected the nation together. The contributions of various cultures enriched America’s cultural landscape, and second generation immigrant children improved their lives, and made contributions to the nation.