Chapter 15 Section 2
People on the Move
Pogrom
Violent massacres
of Jews
Sweeping through
Russia
How did pogroms affect life for
Jews in Russia?
Pogroms made life
very dangerous for
Russian Jews
Jews were restricted
to living in certain
designated areas and
were denied access to
many professions and
trades
The U.S. offered
religious freedom and
an opportunity to
build a new life
Steerage
A large open
area beneath a
ship’s deck
Describe conditions in the
steerage section of a ship
Overcrowded
Limited toilet
facilities
No privacy
Poor food
But tickets
were cheap…
Why do you think only steerage passengers
were required to pass through Ellis Island,
instead of all passengers?
To try to prevent
the entry of “less
desirable”
foreigners into the
U.S.
Those unwilling
to work
The uneducated
Those with
disease
Criminals
Quarantine
A time of isolation
to prevent the
spread of disease
Immigrants had to
undergo an examthose with
illnesses would
be quarantined or
deported
Ghetto
Areas in which one
ethnic group or
racial group
dominated
Many new
immigrants chose to
live near others of
their ethnic group
Ghettos would
strongly reflect the
culture of their
homeland
Restrictive Covenant
Agreements among
home owners no to
sell real estate to
certain groups of
people
These would
prevent several
minorities from
buying homes in
better
neighborhoods
Chinese Exclusion Act
1882
Prohibited Chinese
laborers from
entering the United
States
It did not prevent
entry by those who
had previously
established
residence in the
U.S.
Gentlemen’s Agreement
Not an official
government
document
Compromise
San Francisco
schools would stop
discriminating
against Asian
students
Japan would stop
issuing passports
to laborers
What were the shared goals of the
Chinese Exclusion Act and the
Gentlemen’s Agreement?
To limit further
Asian
immigration into
the U.S.
To keep Asians
out of the
American labor
force
Alien
Noncitizens
Why did immigrants leave Mexico for
the United States between 1910 and
1920?
Turmoil in their own
country encouraged
them to leave
More opportunity in
the United States
(new irrigation
technology in the
southwest U.S.
turned deserts into
fertile farmland)
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