Social Studies Chapter 21

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Social StudiesChapter 21
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Section 1New Immigrants in a Promised Land

• Between 1865 1915 gt 25 million immigrants
  poured into the U.S.
• Push factor condition that drive people from
  their home
• Pull factor conditions that attract immigrants to
  a new area

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Push Factors

• Pogroms org attacks on Jewish villages
• Persecution pushed Armenian Christians out of the
  Ottoman Empire
• Mexico, 1910, a revolution persecuted Catholics
  for almost 100 yrs

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Pull Factors

• Industrial jobs in America
• Promise of in America
• Low transportation rates to come over
• Immigrants faced hardships coming over
• Steerage airless room below deck
• Statue of Liberty on Ellis Island, NY
• Health checked
• Must have sponsor
• Angel Island Asian immigrants

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Old New Immigrants

• Early waves included English, Irish,
  Scandinavians, Germans
• Next wave included those from S. E. Europe
  Italy Poland, Greece, Russia, Hungry.
• Difference in Religious beliefs resulted in
  descrimination

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Adapting to American Life

• Many immigrants thought streets were literally
  paved with gold.
• Tended to live in neighborhoods with immigrants
  from same country
• Acculturation is the process of holding on to
  older traditions while adapting to a new culture.

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Nativists Oppose Immigration

• Nativists sought to limit immigration preserve
  the country for native born white Protestants
• Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882 barred Chinese
  laborers from entering the country

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