Immigration in the late 19 th Century By Brad Harris, Grand Prairie HS SE: US 3B, 3C, 3D
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1. Immigration in the late19 th Century By Brad Harris, Grand
Prairie HS SE: US 3B, 3C, 3D
2. Old Immigration When the 13 colonies were Ireland England
established, most immigrants coming to France America were from
England.Between 1840-1850, 1.5 million immigrants came toAmerica.
Nearly were from Ireland due to a potato famine. Most settled in
New York City or Boston.
3. New Immigration By 1920, mostimmigrants comingto the United
States Russiawere from Southern Poland Hungary and Eastern Europe
Most immigrants Italy came from Italy or Greece were Slavic, and
many were Jews
4. New Immigration
5. A Land of HopeThe Statue of Libertyin New York Harborwas the
symbol ofAmerica to manyimmigrants lookingfor a new life Give me
your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe
free, the wretched refuse of your teaming shore. Send these, the
homeless, the tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden
door. -- Statue of Liberty
6. Ellis Island Immigrants coming into New York were stopped at
Ellis Island Incoming immigrants weregiven a physical to check for
diseases and their criminal record was checked
7. Immigration_Waves
8. Ethnic Cities Little ItalyLittle Italy, New York City, circa
1901By 1900, immigrants made up a great portion of the countrys
largest cities, including New York City, Chicago and Boston
9. Ethnic Cities - ChinatownChinatown, New York City Immigrants
lived in their own separateneighborhoods like Little Italy or
Chinatown and kept many of their former traditions.
10. Tenement dwellingsImmigration led to a massive increase in
the number of slums in U.S. cities.
11. Tenement dwellingsTenements cheaply built apartment
buildings were often overcrowded and lacked many necessities.
12. Tenement dwellingsCities could not keep up with the massive
rise in population, leading to poor city services.
13. The Rise of NativismThe flood of immigrants into the U.S.
worried manyAmericans who felt their way of life could be
changed.Nativism is an extreme dislike for foreigners by
native-born people and a desire to limit immigration.
14. The Rise of Nativism Workers blamed immigrants for low
wages or shortages of employment. A resentment of foreigners crept
into Americas attitudes. New immigrants wereblamed for many of
thenations problems thatwere brought on by the Industrial
Revolution
15. Immigrants_Face_Hard_Times
16. Asian Immigration During the late 1800s, the west coast
(California) saw a boom in the amount of immigrants coming from
Asia.Most Chinese immigrants came to America because over- crowding
in China; many Chinese settled in Los Angeles and in San
Francisco
17. Chinese Exclusion Act The Chinese Exclusion Act was the law
passed byCongress in 1882 that greatly reduced the amount of Asian
immigrants coming to America
18. Chinese Exclusion ActThe law barred Chinese immigration for
10 years and prevented the Chinese from becoming U.S.
citizens.
19. The_Chinese_Exclusion_Act
20. Summary Beginning in the late 1800s, most immigrants coming
to the U.S. were from southern and eastern Europe Immigrants lived
in their own separate neighborhoods and kept many of their former
traditions. Immigration led to a massive increase in the number of
slums and tenement buildings in U.S. cities. Workers blamed
immigrants for low wages or shortages of employment. A resentment
of foreigners crept into Americas attitudes.
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