Growth of Cities: Immigration

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Growth of Cities Immigration
Please get out your vocab section 2 HW HW
passes will be due Friday
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Where are the Immigrants coming from?
Before 1885 immigrants came mostly from Northern
and Western Europe. After 1885 immigrants came
mostly from Southern and Eastern parts of Europe.
Countries include Italy, Poland, Greece,
Russia, Hungary, China, Japan, Korea, India,
Philippines
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Why did millions of immigrants decide to make the
difficult journey to the United States?

• Push Factors- Conditions that drive people from
  their homes.
• Pogroms- organized attacks on Jewish communities
  in Russia

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Why did millions of immigrants decide to make the
difficult journey to the United States?

• Pull Factors- Conditions that attract immigrants
  to a new area.

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Pull Factors
Push Factors
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Where did the voyage end for most immigrants?

• On the east coast, the voyage ended at Ellis
  Island, NY for most European immigrants.
• On the west coast, however, the voyage for Asian
  immigrants coming to America ended at Angel
  Island, San Francisco.

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Ellis Island, NY

• http//teacher.scholastic.com/ACTIVITIES/IMMIGRATI
  ON/tour/stop4.htm

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Angel Island, San Francisco

• "Ellis Island of the West",
• Designed control the flow of Chinese into the
  country, who were officially not welcome with the
  passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
• This facility was primarily a detention center. 

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What problems did most new immigrants face in
adapting to American Life?

• Most immigrants stayed in cities and settled in
  neighborhoods with like immigrants.
• Large American cities became a patchwork of
  Italian, Irish, Polish, Hungarian, Greek, German,
  Jewish, and Chinese neighborhoods.
• Acculturation- Process of holding onto older
  traditions while adapting to a new culture

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Why were some Americans opposed to increased
immigration?

• Nativists sought to limit immigration preserve
  the country for native born white Protestants.
• They argued new immigrants wouldnt fit into U.S.
  culture as they were too different or took low
  paying jobs.

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Why were some Americans opposed to increased
immigration?

• Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882 was an act that
  barred Chinese Laborers from entering the
  country. This action was an example of the
  nativist feeling in the United States.