Stages of ImmigrationDescribe some of the patterns of immigration throughout U.S. History
Focus Question
List five reasons for people to move from one place to another. Explain which is the best reason to move.
Four Major Waves
Colonial Immigration
Sought freedom and land
Carving home from wilderness
Came seeking liberty, land, and work
Faced discrimination and poverty
Came seeking work and freedom
Faced discrimination, culture shock, poverty
Modern Immigration
Come largely seeking freedom and work
Face discrimination
Drawn to the industrial jobs of the period
Lacked funds to purchase
12 million from
1892 to 1954
Angel Island on
Move from the farms to the factory
Move from the country to
an urban world
Form ethnic solidarity clubs
Faced Discrimination
Promoted Immigration restriction
Alien Land Laws
Set up immigration quotas
Set at 2% of the ethnicity’s population from 1890
Designed to limit immigration from “undesirable” countries
Promoted by “eugenicists”
Summary