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Rapid Immigration

Rapid Immigration. Conrad Kurowski, Emily Lasoff, Mallory Russo, Adina Cosden. Rapid Immigration. Most immigrants came from Northern and Western Europe. Others came from Asia and Latin America. Emigrated to escape Poverty Famine Religious and political persecution Overpopulation

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Rapid Immigration

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  1. Rapid Immigration Conrad Kurowski, Emily Lasoff, Mallory Russo, Adina Cosden

  2. Rapid Immigration • Most immigrants came from Northern and Western Europe. • Others came from Asia and Latin America. • Emigrated to escape • Poverty • Famine • Religious and political persecution • Overpopulation • America seen as place to start new life. • Arrived and inspected at Ellis Island in NY and Angel Island in CA.

  3. Challenges • The trip across the Atlantic & Pacific Oceans took an extremely long time • Passing inspections at immigration stations • Passing physical examinations • Passing government examinations • Finding a place to live, getting a job, getting along in daily life while trying to understand an unfamiliar language & culture

  4. Benefits • Backbone of the American industrial workforce • Immigrants & their children comprised over half of manufacturing workers in 1920 • Added product demand from growing population • Expansion of trade • Wages & the food they could earn usually surpassed their former realities

  5. Problems • As a result of nativism, strong anti-immigrant feeling emerged • Faced extreme discrimination in the workplace from native workers • Chinese Exclusion Act

  6. It Can Be Effectively Controlled • Ellis Island • Physical examination • government inspector (literacy test in native language), proving ability to work, showing they had at least &25) • Only 20% detained for a day or more, only 2% of those who reached Ellis Island were senthome • 17 million passed through 1892-1924 • Angel Island: Processing at Angel Island included harsh questioning and long detention while government officials decided whether to admit or reject an immigrant. • Chinese Exclusion Act: Banned entry to all Chinese except for students, teachers, merchants, tourists, & government officials. Extended until 1943 • San Francisco Segregation Order: Segregated Japanese children by putting them in separate schools. • Gentlemen’s Agreement: Japan’s government agreed to limit emigration of unskilled workers to the U.S. in exchange for the repeal of the San Francisco Segregation Order. • 1897 Literacy Test: Congress, influenced by the Immigration Restriction League, passed a bill requiring a literacy test for immigrants. Those who could not read 40 words in English or their native language would be refused entry. Vetoed by President Cleveland

  7. Quiz • Most immigrants came from____? • South America • Northern and Western Europe • Africa • Asia • Immigrants sought to escape their countries for all of the following reasons EXCEPT: • Poverty • Famine • Forced immigration (slavery) • Religious/political persecution • What was the order for admittance into the U.S.? • Pass legal inspection, arrive at either island, pass medical exam • Arrive at either island, pass medical exam, pass legal inspection • Arrive at either island, pass legal inspection, pass medical exam • Pass medial exam, pass legal inspection, arrive at either island

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