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Immigration Change from: Western and Northern Europe

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1 Immigration Change from: Western and Northern Europe
Germany, Ireland, and Great Britain To Southern and Eastern Europe Italy, Austria-Hungary, and Russia

2 Ellis Island Europeans enter through Ellis Island
See Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island Usually stay 5 hrs Undergo mental and health tests Requirements to enter: pass health tests, literacy test, prove they can work, and have at least $25 20% are detained for a day or more 98% allowed to stay in the US

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5 Angel Island Asian immigrants came through Angel Island
Different from Ellis Island Harsh questioning Long detention Filthy, ramshackle buildings Confined like prisoners More sent back

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8 Problems for Immigrants
Culture shock Confusion and anxiety from being in a new culture they didnt understand Jobs Housing

9 Survival Settle in neighborhoods with people from their culture
Little Italy, China, etc. Good: makes transition easier Bad: excluding themselves, slows down assimilation Americanization movement: use schools and volunteers to teach immigrants English and how to be American.

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12 Nativism and xenophobia
Anti-immigration feelings grow Nativism-idea that native-born Americans are better Xenophobia-fear of foreigners


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