1. IMMIGRATION

2. Leaving troubles behind
PUSH FACTORS
Economic troubles due to overcrowding and poverty •Farmers needed more land to grow crops •New machines such as looms put craft workers out of business •Escape discrimination or unfair laws

3. Seeking Opportunity Pull Factors
Immigrants saw the United States as a land of jobs, plentiful and affordable land, and opportunities for a better life

5. Decade/Continents Percentage of Immigrants COMING TO aMERICA
South America 0.2 North America 3.9 Europe 91.6 Asia 3.7 Africa 0.1
South America 0.7 North America 19.2 Europe 75.3 Asia 4.3 Africa 0.1
South America 6.3 North America 43 Europe 10.4 Asia 37.3 Africa 2.4
South America 5.8 North America 43.8 Europe 14.9 Asia 30.9 Africa 3.7

6. The Journey to America
Immigrants often had a difficult journey to America •Some people traveled hundreds of miles on foot or on horseback and through foreign countries to get to the port cities, to board a ship •Traveled over 12 days across the Atlantic Ocean and for several weeks across the Pacific Ocean •Many traveled in Steerage

7. The Statue of Liberty seemed to promise hope for a better life After 1886 the magnificent sight of the statue of liberty greeted the immigrants as they sailed into America

8. Entering America
Before entering the "Golden Door" to America, they had to register at government reception centers In the East immigrants were processed at Ellis Island

9. On the West coast immigrants went through the processing AT Angel Island

10. AT The IMMIGRATION STATION
Examiners at the centers recorded the emmigrant’s personal information •emmigrants’ names (Sometimes shortening or simplifying a name) •Where they came from •Occupation •Relatives in the United States

11. AT The IMMIGRATION STATION
The examiners also gave health examinations. emigrants with contagious illnesses could be refused permission to enter the United States.

13. Finding Work
Where Would they Go? How Would They Live?
*Hard Labor *Sweat Shops *Big Industries Hired emigrant Workers

14. Adjusting to America
•Immigrants tried to preserve their own cultures •Many immigrants wanted to assimilate •The English language caused conflict at home between family members •New life styles conflicted with traditional ways and sometimes caused family friction

17. Building Communities
Immigrants recreated some of the life they left behind People of the same ethnic group naturally tended to form communities Communities revolved around traditional institutions Churches and Synagogues •Priest and Rabbis were community leaders •Immigrants published newspapers in their native language •Opened stores and theatres •Organized social clubs

18. Nativist Movement
Tensions grew between Americans that had been born here and Immigrants
Americans feared that they were taking all the jobs and driving down their wages
The Nativist Movement opposed immigration since the 1830s

20. Nativist Called for restrictions
The Chinese Exclusion Act prohibited Chinese workers from entering the U.S. for 10 years Immigration Act 0f 1877 required immigrants to be able to read and write