1. Agenda Reading Quiz Do Now Political Cartoons Analysis
Immigration in the 1900s Notes
Homework:
Finish Political Cartoon Paragraph
Read Call it Sleep and answer the attached questions

2. Do Now
Where do you trace your roots back to? How does your family’s history impact who you are today?
Think:
Hobbies/Interests
Religion
Traditions
Family Structures

3. Political Cartoon Analysis
Look at the 11 political cartoons in pairs or groups
Fill in the chart based on
Textual evidence
Visual evidence
Prior knowledge
When you finish all 11 cartoons, answer the following question based on your analysis:
According to the different political cartoons, what were the common attitudes and feelings in regards to immigration in the United States? What were commonalities among anti- immigration sentiments? What were commonalities among pro- immigration sentiments? 

4. December 15, 2014 American History
Immigration in the 1900s
December 15, 2014
American History

5. Objectives By the end of this lesson, I will be able to:
Identify immigrant’s countries of origin
Describe the journey immigrants endured and their experiences at United States immigration stations
Examine the causes and effects of the nativists’ anti-immigrant sentiments

6. The year is New York City’s swelling population has created a housing crises. Immigrant families crowd into apartments that lack light, ventilation, and sanitary facilities. Children have no where to play except the streets and are often kept our of school to work and help support their families. You are a reformer who wishes to help immigrants improve their lives…

7. Discussion: Turn and Talk
1. What would you do to improve conditions?
2. What skills do newcomers need to make it?
3. How might immigrants respond to help from an outsider?
4. How do you think you would react?

8. Why Did the Immigrants Come Here?
Between 1870 –1920 about 20 million Europeans immigrated to the U.S.
Escape religious persecution
Improve their economic situation
Jobs
Birds of Passage
Experience greater freedom in the U.S.
Escape difficult conditions
Famine
Land shortage

9. A Difficult Journey: Turn and Talk
What main issues do you think the immigrants faced when coming into the USA?
Which of these do you think would be most difficult for you if you were an immigrant?
How do you think they were treated?
What do you think was the overall American view on immigration at this time?
Similar or different from today?

10. Arrival at Ellis Island

11. Ellis Island
Most European immigrants to the U.S. arrived in New York and had to pass through the immigration located on Ellis Island in New York Harbor
Immigrants were carefully health screened and could only bring 100lbs of belongings

12. Passing Inspection
Officials at Ellis Island decided whether the immigrants could enter the country
Check for serious health problems
Document checks
What do you think the requirements for entering the country should have been?

13. Immigration Scene

14. Requirements for Admission?
Proving they had never been convicted of a felony?
Demonstrating that they were able to work
Showing that they had some money
At least $25 (1909 standard)

15. Exact Questions Used What is your name?
Have you ever been to America before?
Do you have any relatives here? If the answer was yes, then asked where they lived.
Is there anyone who came to meet you at Ellis Island?
Who paid for your passage?
Do you have any money? (If the answer was “yes” then the immigrant was told to show it)
Do you have a job waiting for you in America?
Do you have a criminal record?

16. Edward Ferro: An Italian Immigrant
“The language was a problem of course, but it was overcome by the use of interpreters…It would happen sometimes that these interpreters – some of them – were really softhearted people and hated to see people being deported, and they would, at times, help the aliens by interpreting in such a manner as to benefit the alien and not the government.” (I Was Dreaming to Come to America)

17. Angel Island Not all immigrants came through Ellis Island
Angel Island – Immigration station for the Asian immigrants arriving on the West Coast – San Francisco
Inspection process was more difficult than on Ellis Island
Filthy conditions
Harsh questioning

18. Cooperation For Survival
Think about finding…
A place to live
A job
Understanding the language and culture
Many immigrants settled in communities with other immigrants from the same country

19. Immigration Restrictions
America started to be called a MELTING POT
Many cultures and races had blended
Many immigrants refused to give up their culture

20. The Rise of Nativism
Some Americans didn’t like so many immigrants living in the U.S.
NATIVISM – preference for native-born Americans
Gave rise to anti- immigrant groups
Led to a demand for immigration restrictions

21. Anti-Asian Sentiment Chinese immigrants worked for low wages
This took jobs from native born Americans
Labor groups pressured politicians to restrict Asian immigrations
Chinese Exclusion Act – Banned all but a few Chinese immigrants
Not lifted until 1943