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Immigration

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    1. Immigration/Urbanization Issues (late 1800s/early 1900s) U.S. History M. Siebert

    2. Map of Angel Island

    3. Anti-Immigrant Legislation Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) Banned entry to all Chinese except students, teachers, merchants, tourists, and government officials Originally set for 10 yrs, but act continued to be extended Law was in effect until 1943

    4. Anti-Immigrant Legislation Cont... Gentlemen’s Agreement (1907 – 1908) In 1906, local board of education in San Francisco segregated Japanese children by placing them in separate schools Japan protested Roosevelt worked out deal with Japan’s govt Japan agreed to limit emigration of unskilled workers to the U.S. in exchange for the repeal of the San Francisco segregation order

    5. Urbanization Issues - Housing Types of Housing Row Houses (dumbbell) Tenements Overcrowding Affordable housing very poor Deteriorating Dangerous No water/indoor plumbing Very little air or light

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