IMMIGRANTS..

WHY DID THEY COME TO

AMERICA?4 stages

Coming to America

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ttDUGM-1mU&feature=fvst

STAGE 1 1607 – 1820 England

Why? Religious Freedoms & Economic Reasons – work

Received? Most were welcomed, some restrictions on rights such as testifying in court and owning land

Roman Catholic and Quakers

STAGE 2 1821-1890 Germany & Ireland

Why? Escape disease and famine (potato) drawn by tales of gold and opportunity

Received? English were resentful these newcomers took away their jobs. Founders were anti-Catholic, churches were burned

ChinaWhy? - economic opportunity came to West Coast

Received? – 1882 all Chinese laborers were banned

STAGE 3 1891-1924 Northern & Western European Italians, Greeks and Slavic

Why? Economic opportunities Eastern Europe (Polish, Russian – many

were Jewish)Why? Escape religious persecutionReceived? All were blamed for problems

in the cities SUCH AS: Overcrowding, filth, crime

1885 ban those seeking jobs1891 bans insane, felons, diseased,

anarchists and IlliteratesBy 1924 strict quota laws

Stage 4 1924-present

Asia and Latin AmericaEconomic opportunity

Middles EastEconomic opportunities and political

freedom

Received? Japanese interned during WW II, Latinos in South segregated, post 9/11 Middle Eastern people discriminated against