1. { Immigration Describe the journey, conditions and American Response of Immigration

2. Welcome to All!

3. Reasons for immigrating “Push” factors: Famine Land shortages Religious Persecution Political Persecution “Birds of Passage”- temporary & earn money  return home “Pull” factors: Hearing how great America was- letters, newspapers, etc. Through the “Golden Door ”

4.  Europeans (1870-1920)  Around 20 million arrived in U.S.  1907-1 million arrived from Italy, Austria-Hungary & Russia http://dwasserman.wikispaces.com/file/view/page_255.pdf  Chinese & Japanese  Smaller numbers  300,000 between 1851-1883 (Chinese)  Japanese  Hawaii  United States (~30,000 immigrants)  West Indies/Mexico  1880-1920---260,000 from West Indies  French/Canadians  1865-1900s  900,000 arrived from today’s Quebec

5.  Conditions  Crowded, gloomy  Lice infested bunks  DISEASE & DEATH common Traveling Conditions 1870—Traveled by steam ship Steam ship made immigration faster Europe  U.S. about week trip Asia  U.S. about 3 week trip

6. Two Immigration Stations  1- Ellis Island (New York Harbor)  East Coast*** Ellis Island Ellis Island  European immigrants  20% were detained = only 2% denied  Processing took 5 or more hours

7. Pass physical examination by a doctor Government inspector Check documents Questioned if met legal requirements Convicted of a felony, able to work, had some money $25

8.  2-Angel Island (San Francisco Bay)  West Coast**  Primarily Chinese and Japanese

9. Melting Pot - mixture of people of different cultures & races who blended together by abandoning their native language and customs Nativism - favoritism toward native-born Americans Immigrants in America Melting Pot - mixture of people of different cultures & races who blended together by abandoning their native language and customs Nativism - favoritism toward native-born Americans

10.  Wanted communities made up of their “own”  Ethnic communities popped up  Little Italy, Chinatown Immigrants “adjust” in US