1. THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE

3. WHY DID THE IMMIGRANTS COME TO AMERICA? CROP FAILURES NO LAND OR JOBS HIGH TAXES FAMINE RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION

4. 1865-1920 30 MILLION CAME MOST CAME IN TERRIBLE CONDITIONS IN THE LOWER LEVELS OF SHIPS THEY CAME TO NEW YORK, BOSTON, PHILADELPHIA, SAN FRANCISCO, AND SEATTLE

5. AT FIRST MOST IMMIGRANTS CAME FROM NORTHERN EUROPE AFTER 1890, MOST CAME FROM EASTERN EUROPE, THE MIDDLE EAST, AND RUSSIA

6. ELLIS ISLAND WAS A HUGE PROCESSING CENTER IN NEW YORK CITY NEAR THE STATUE OF LIBERTY IMMIGRANTS HAD PHYSICAL EXAMS IF THEY HAD A DISEASE, THEY WERE QUARATINED OR DEPORTED POLES AND ITALIANS WENT TO THE MIDWEST

9. ASIAN IMMGRANTS THEIR DIFFERENCES MADE THEM TARGETS OF SUSPICION THEY WORKED ON THE RAILROAD THEIR ENTRY POINT WAS AT ANGEL ISLAND IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY

12. CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT PREVENTED LABORERS FROM ENTERING THE COUNTRY THE WEBB ALIEN LAW PREVENTED THEM FROM OWNING FARMLAND

13. MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS 10% OF MEXICAN’S POULATION CAME TO THE U.S. AFTER THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION IN 1910, IMMIGRATION INCREASED

14. THE REACTION TO THE IMMIGRANTS IMMIGRATION RESTRICTION ACT OF 1921 LIMITED IMMIGRATION NATIVISM REAPPEARS CALLS FOR ENGLISH-ONLY TEACHING IN SCHOOLS TIGHTER RULES FOR CITIZENSHIP MANY IMMIGRANTS WERE EXCLUDED BY BEING REQUIRED TO PASS LITERACY TESTS