American Studies
Unit II: The Industrial Revolution
Section 6.1 Immigration (Appleby 214-219)
Name ________________________________
1. Why did they come to America?
a. ___________________________________
i. ___________________________ displaced by Ind. Rev.
ii. High Rents charged by landlords
iii. Available ________________ in America
iv. ____________________________ (Chinese)
b. Freedom
i. Escape oppression
ii. ____________________________________
1. ________________ of Ireland, ______________ of
Russia
2. ________________________ in Germany
iii. Feudalism had ended
1. Peasants ________________________________
iv. Social mobility
c. _______________________________________
i. Steamships made passage bearable
2. Describe the voyage & entry into America.
a. ______________________________
i. __________________________ accommodations on
steamships
b. _______________________days
c. _____________________________________ (1892)
d. Processed in 1 day
e. Medical examination
f. Chalk mark on coat determined their status
i. “_______________” = heart problem
ii. “_______________” = mental disability
g. Quarantine
i. __________________________________ ______________
h. “The _______________________” by Emma Lazarus
i. Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles.
From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
“"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!"” cries she
With silent lips. “_____________________________
___________________________________________,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
3. Describe how immigration changed after 1890.
a. ________________________________________
i. 25 million
b. ______________________________________
i. _________________ 1890
1. From ____________________________
a. Great Britain, Ireland, Germany
b. __________________________
ii. _________________________ 1890 to1920
1. From ________________________________
a. Italy, Greece, Poland, Russia
b. ___________________________
c. _____________________________
4. What problems did they encounter?
a. _______________________- extreme ___________________
__________________________________________________
b. _______________________- ______________ of foreigners
i. American Protective Association
1. Sought to ____________________________
_____________________________________
2. _____________________________________
ii. Chinese _________________________ (1882)
1. ______________________________________
2. Not repealed until 1943
5. George Bellows Presentation
6. Do you know your immigration story? How did you come to be in
America?
a. When did your ancestors (grandparents, great-grandparents)
come to America? What year (about)? Where did they live?
Occupation? What made them come here?
b. Complete the Family Tree Sheet as best you can