Immigration in the United States of America

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Immigration in the United States of America
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Ethnicity and Nationality

• Eastern and Southern Europeans 1890s
• Italians, Greeks,
• Russians, Polish

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Why America? Why migration?

• Economic, Political, Religious, Military

Crowds everywhere, ill smelling bunks,
uninviting washroomsthe odors of scattered
orange peelings, tobacco, garlic and
disinfectants meeting but not blending
-Clergyman who posed as in immigrant to write
book on immigration conditions
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Ellis and Angel Island
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1 out of every 5 immigrants marked
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Assimilation

• English language
• Marketable skills or
• Members of own ethnic group

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Asian Immigration

• China Mid 1800s
• Severe unemployment
• Poverty
• Gold rush
• Demand for railroad workers
• Japan 1900-1910
• Industrial economy and empire
• Disrupt economy and time honored traditions

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Nativism