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Immigration

Immigration. Causes **. Famine Land Shortages Persecution “Birds of Passage” Earn $ and then return home. Europeans. 1870-1920, 20 mill. Europeans Religious persecution Russian Jews Overpopulation = No land Political change. Ellis Island **. Inspections 1 st was physical

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Immigration

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  1. Immigration

  2. Causes ** • Famine • Land Shortages • Persecution • “Birds of Passage” • Earn $ and then return home

  3. Europeans • 1870-1920, 20 mill. Europeans • Religious persecution • Russian Jews • Overpopulation = No land • Political change

  4. Ellis Island** • Inspections • 1st was physical • 2nd performed by a government inspector • Documentation • Criminal Past • Work Ability • 17 million imm. past through E.I.

  5. Chinese / Japanese • 1851-1883, 300,000 Chinese arrived on the west coast • Big Reasons: • Gold • RR • Congress limited Chinese imm. in 1882 • Hawaii annexation in 1898 increased Japanese immigration.**

  6. Angel Island** • San Francisco Bay • Chinese immigrants • Process similar to Ellis Island

  7. Life Rafts** • Immigrants would gravitate towards neighborhoods that housed people from their home country • Ethnic communities that served as a support structure for immigrants.

  8. Nativism • Nativism: favoritism toward native-born Americans ** • “Right” immigrants • English, German • Progressive / energetic • “Wrong” immigrants • Slav, Latin, Asiatic • Down-trodden / stagnant • 1896, Literacy Test for immigrants – 40 words in English

  9. Anti-Asian Sentiment • Chinese accepted jobs for lower $$ • Chinese Exclusion Act, 1882 • 10 year ban on all Chinese except students, teachers, merchants, and gov. officials. • Not repealed until 1943.

  10. Gentlemen’s Agreement • Board of Ed. in S.F. segregated Japanese children by putting them in separate schools. • President Teddy Roosevelt: worked out the Gentlemen’s Agreement • Japan would limit imm. of unskilled workers in exchange for repeal of the segregation order.

  11. Then & Now • Immigrants now in the U.S.: displaced from war-stricken countries (Serbian Peninsula, E.Europe) • Pacific Islands • Caribbean Islands • Middle East • Africa • Mexico • Border Patrol issues • Differentiated State Laws • Relevancy of Nativism • Jobs • Welfare • Constitutional Rights • Political Debate

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