1. Progressive Era

2. Immigration
Why do people come to the U.S.? What are some problems that immigrants pose to a country? What are some benefits that immigrants give to a society?

3. PUSH & PULL FACTORS PUSH FACTOR: A problem in home country
PULL FACTOR: An opportunity in destination country

4. PUSH FACTORS Little education Political unrest. Fighting or war.
No jobs
No food (famine or drought)
Expensive rent, taxes or land
Disease or death

5. PULL FACTORS Equality or justice New start for family or your self
Jobs. Better pay for work (railroad, mines, factories, farms)
Cheap land (land races in US)
Freedom, right to vote or religious toleration
Join family or friends

6. Ellis Island New York Gateway for more than 12 million immigrants
100 million Americans can trace roots from Ellis
Ellis Island

7. ELLIS ISLAND New York No tuberculosis No lice
No one under 16 without parents
No ex-convicts
No one involved in revolutionary activity
Must have $25

8. Angel Island San Francisco
Took in more than 1 million immigrants from Asia
Chinese Exclusion Act: first law implemented to prevent a specific ethnic group for immigrating to the US