1 / 29

IMMIGRATION

Explore the push and pull factors behind immigration, the experiences of old and new immigrants, and the methods of transportation used to journey to America in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

mandreas
Download Presentation

IMMIGRATION

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. IMMIGRATION Reasons, Methods & Attitudes

  2. Push factor: reasons why an individual leaves their country Pull factor: reasons why an individual enters a certain country Immigrant: an individual moving from one country to another Immigrate: entering another country with an intent to settle there Emigrate: leaving one’s country for another country with the intent to settle Persecution: Unfair treatment based on discrimination or prejudiced attitudes. Vocabulary

  3. Connection to Industrial Revolution • Immigrants were important to the nations industrial revolution • Immigration has ALWAYS been an important part United States history

  4. Old Immigrants • Before 1890. • Mostly from Northern and Western Europe. • Countries like Britain, Ireland and Germany • Some of these immigrants moved to American cities, some to farms and small towns

  5. New Immigrants • Beginning in 1890 (mostly) • Many immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe • Places like Italy, Greece and Russia and Poland • Also immigrants from Japan, China and Mexico • Most of these immigrants moved to American cities

  6. Quick Quiz • What is a push/pull factor? • What does emigrate mean? • How were immigrants important to the Ind. Rev? • Describe the “Old Immigrants” • Describe “New Immigrants”

  7. PUSH FACTORS Why did immigrants want to leave the countries that they came from?

  8. Push Factors • Europe was experiencing an Industrial Revolution so… • Europe’s agrarian economy was ending • Harvest machines put farmers out of work • Craftspeople were replaced by factories • Wealthy landowners charged high rent

  9. Push Factors (cont.) • Overpopulation • The population in Europe between 1870 and 1900 had doubled resulting in scarce land and resources. • Competing for Land, food, & jobs

  10. Push Factors (cont.) • Political/Religious tension • The Jews of Russia • lived in restricted settlements and had few legal rights. They were beaten, murdered, raped and had their homes destroyed • 1/3 of Russian Jews emigrated to U.S. • Anti-Jewish discrimination is called Anti-Semitism • Refugees from Mexico • After 1910 political tension in Mexico caused Mexicans to flee Mexico and settle in the Southwest region of the United States

  11. Jewish Russians & Mexican Refugees

  12. Religious Persecution in Russia “Alfred Levitt was a Jewish person living in Russia. During this time, Jews were hated in Russia. Organized attacks called pogroms, sometimes assisted by the government, were carried out against Russian Jews. Many thousands were killed. In 1905, every Jewish-owned business in Alfred’s town was ransacked and looted. His mother hid him from the attackers. As the family huddled in fear, they longed for a better life.”

  13. Quick Quiz • Explain how the Industrial Revolution in Europe was a push factor for emigration? (4 facts) • Explain how Overpopulation was a push factor for emigration? (2 facts) • Explain how Religious persecution and political tension were push factors for emigration? (4 facts)

  14. PULL FACTORS What reasons were causing immigrants to want to COME to the United States?

  15. Pull Factors • Recruitment for Jobs • American Factories sent representatives to get workers from Europe to work in their factories • Better Living Conditions In the United States… • Food was plentiful • Land was easier to buy • Wages/Salaries were higher

  16. Russian Child’s View of U.S. “In Russia everyone thought that America was such a rich country that you could literally find gold in the streets.”

  17. California Gold Rush Promises of fortune 1851-1883 300,000 Chinese came seeking gold Homestead Act of 1862 “any adult citizen (or person intending to become a citizen) who headed a family could qualify for a grant of 160 acres of public land by paying a small registration fee and living on the land continuously for 5 years.“ Land grants (free) for farmers Pull Factors

  18. Pull Factors • National Reclamation Act • Passed in 1902 • Created new farmland in Western states, government irrigation projects

  19. Quick Quiz • Thoroughly explain each of the following Pull Factors to the United States: • Recruitment for jobs • Better living conditions • California Gold Rush • Homestead Act of 1862 • National Reclamation Act 1902

  20. JOURNEY TO AMERICA How did Immigrants get to the United States in the late 1800s and early 1900s?

  21. Common Methods of Transportation Improvements in transportation, dramatically shortened the time it took to journey to U.S. Those who journeyed across oceans mostly used steam ships like Titanic Trips across the Atlantic Ocean took about one week Trips across the Pacific took about three weeks

  22. Ellis Island • Small island in New York Harbor • Most European Immigrants coming to America during the late 1800s and early 1900s had to stop here. • If you did not pass health tests you were sent back

  23. Angel Island • Small island in San Francisco Bay • Most immigrants from Asia during the late 1800s and early 1900s had to stop here before being allowed to enter America • Immigrants passing through here were treated more harshly than immigrants at Ellis Island due to anti-Asian prejudice

  24. RESPONSES TO IMMIGRATION What were Americans’ reactions to immigration during the late 1800s and early 1900s?

  25. Nativism • Some Americans were suspicious or fearful of immigrants because they were new and different. • Many anti-immigrant groups emerged like the Immigration Restriction League (1894) • Some protestant Americans held prejudiced beliefs against Catholics and Jews; many of the newer immigrants were members of these religions

  26. Chinese Exclusion Act • Passed by congress in 1882 • Ended ALL immigration from China to the U.S. • It was continuously extended every ten years until it was repealed (removed) in 1943

  27. Gentlemen’s Agreement • The government of Japan was upset because Japanese Americans were being segregated in the Public Schools of San Francisco • President Teddy Roosevelt and the leaders of Japan reached a “Gentlemen’s Agreement” • Japan promised to limit emigration to the U.S in exchange for U.S. ending anti-Japanese segregation

  28. Quick Quiz • What was the most common method of transportation to the United states in the late 1800s and early 1900s? • Explain Ellis and Angel island and their differences and similarities? • Explain each of the following reactions to immigration • Nativism • Chinese Exclusion Act • Gentlemen’s Agreement

More Related