Immigrants and Urbanization

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CHAPTER 7

• Immigrants and Urbanization

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Section 1The New Immigrants

• Characteristics of New Immigrants
• From Southern and Eastern Europe, China, Japan,
  Caribbean and Mexico
• Catholic or Judaic faith
• Spoke languages other than English
• Did not learn English quickly
• Caucasian or Asian
• Arrived after 1890
• Entered at Ellis Island or Angel Island
• Tended to come of their own free will

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• Characteristics of Old Immigrants
• From Northern and Western Europe or Africa
• Protestant faith
• Spoke English
• Non-English speakers learned English quickly
• Caucasian or black
• Arrived before 1890
• No set point of entry
• Africans had no choice about immigration

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Similarities

• Came for freedom
• Came for a better way of life
• Came to escape political issues in their home
  country
• Recruited by U. S. industry, especially the
  railroads
• Came because of an increase in the population of
  their home country

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Ellis Island

• New York Harbor
• East Coast Point of Entry

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Angel Island

• San Francisco Bay
• West Coast point of entry

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CULTURE SHOCK

• New immigrants
• Confusion and anxiety
• Culture different
• Were not understood

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Melting Pot or Salad Bowl

• 1900 many native-born Americans the country as
  a Melting Pot
• Mixture of people of different cultures and races
• Blended by abandoning native languages and
  customs
• Others Salad Bowl mixed but retained native
  languages and culture

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Immigration Restrictions

• Chinese Exclusion Act - 1882
• 10 year ban on Chinese immigration
• Exceptions students, teachers, merchants,
  tourists and government officials
• Gentlemens Agreement 1907-1908
• Japans government limited immigration to U. S.