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1 Immigrants and Urbanization The New Immigrants Chapter 15 – Sect. #1
Mitten – CSHS AMAZ History Semester 1

2 "The Golden Door" Millions of Immigrants Europeans
some seek better lives others, temporary jobs Europeans 1870 – 1920, about 20 million Europeans arrive in U.S. Many flee religious persecution; Jews driven from Russia by pogroms Population growth results in lack of farmland; industrial jobs Reform movements, revolts influence young who seek independent lives

3 "The Golden Door" Chinese and Japanese About 300,000 Chinese arrive;
earliest attracted by the gold rush work in railroads, farms, mines, domestic service, business Japanese work in Hawaiian plantations, then on to the West Coast by 1920, more than 200,000 on West Coast

4 "The Golden Door" The West Indies and Mexico
About 260,000 immigrants from West Indies; most seek industrial jobs Mexicans flee political turmoil; after 1910, 700,000 arrive National Reclamation Act creates farmland, draws Mexican farmers

5 Life in the New Land A Difficult Journey
Almost all immigrants travel by steamship, most in steerage Ellis Island Ellis Island – chief U.S. immigration station, in New York Harbor Immigrants given physical exam by doctor; seriously ill not admitted Inspector checks documents to see legal requirements met 1892 – 1924, about 17 million immigrants processed at Ellis Island

6 Life in the New Land Angel Island
Angel Island – immigrant processing station in San Francisco Bay Immigrants endure harsh questioning, long detention for admission Cooperation for Survival Immigrants must create new life; find work, home, learn new ways Many seek people who share cultural values, religion, language ethnic communities form Friction develops between “hyphenated” Americans, native born

7 Immigration Restrictions
Anti-Asian Sentiment Nativism finds foothold in labor movement, especially in the West fear Chinese immigrants who work for less Labor groups exert political pressure to restrict Asian immigration 1882, Chinese Exclusion Act bans entry to most Chinese The Gentlemen’s Agreement Nativist fears extend to Japanese, most Asians in early 1900s San Francisco segregates Japanese schoolchildren Gentlemen’s Agreement – Japan limits emigration in return, U.S. repeals segregation

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