1. Gilded Age: New Immigration
US History

2. Most immigrants are here illegally.
Immigration
Most immigrants are here illegally.
Immigrants can easily enter the country.
Immigrants take jobs from American citizens.
The “worst” people from other countries come to America.
Undocumented immigrants don’t pay taxes and burden the economy.
The US is being overrun by immigrants like never before.
Refugees aren’t screened for entry into the US.

3. Old Immigration (to 1880)

4. New Immigration
WHEN?
WHO?
WHY?
IMPACT?

5. Immigration Comparison
What was a similarity between Old and New Immigration? Explain the reason for the similarity.
What was a difference between Old and New Immigration. Explain the reason for the difference

6. New Immigration ( )

7. Southern & Eastern Europeans
New Immigration
Who?
Southern & Eastern Europeans
Italians, Poles, Slavs, Russians, Stateless Jews
Asians
Chinese, Japanese

8. Why? Economic Opportunity Religious Freedom Political Freedom
New Immigration
Why?
Economic Opportunity
Religious Freedom
Political Freedom

9. Political Machines (Crash Course 1:21-5:21) Ethnic Ghettos
New Immigration
Impact:
Economic Expansion
Labor Abuse
Nativism
Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)
Gentlemen’s Agreement (1907)
Political Machines (Crash Course 1:21-5:21)
Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall
Ethnic Ghettos

10. Italian Immigration 4.6 million people Mainly in Northeast
Poor on arrival
Ethnic ghettos
Catholicism
Nativism

11. Polish Immigration 2-3 million people Industrial Great Lakes cities
Poor on arrival
Ethnic ghettos
Catholicism
Nativism

12. Religious: Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Jewish
Slavic Immigration
Czech
Slovak
Hungarian
Ukrainian
Russian
Bosnian
Macedonian
Serbian
Other Groups
Religious: Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Jewish
Work in factories and farms across the nation
Not always used to democratic government

13. 400,000 to Hawaii and west coast Worked on farms and in small business
Asian Immigration
Japanese
400,000 to Hawaii and west coast
Worked on farms and in small business
Extreme nativism/racism “Yellow Peril”
1907 Gentlemen’s Agreement
Chinese
300,000 to west coast
Worked on RRs, farms, small business
Extreme nativism/racism “Yellow Peril”
1882 Chinese Exclusion Act

14. Nativism

15. Political Machines