Immigration Notes
Pre Industrialization
• Before industrialization, the north needed _____________ work force to work the new ______________
• After the Civil War, immigrants from Europe and Asia filled the need for a larger work force
• ______ _____________________ came from northern and western Europe
---England, Germany, Ireland, Norway, and Sweden
• Most of these “Old Immigrants” arrived before 1870
Changes to Immigration
• __________________ immigrants come to the United States in the 1890s
• Over half of the new immigrants are from _________________ and _______________ Europe.
Ellis Island
• Immigrants from ___________ entered America through this island in _____ ______ harbor (Statue of
Liberty)
• It was their first _________ of America and where they were given ____________
if they were ________ to enter the country
________ and deemed
Impact of Immigration
• Immigrants will make up a very large portion of the _________________ ______________ ________
• Immigrants will join __________ __________ in large numbers
• Cities will grow rapidly  Government __________ to keep up with __________
• Common problems in Gilded Age cities:
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Responses to Changing Immigration
• New immigrants are seen as being part of an
___________ ________
• Economist Francis Amasa Walker refers to the
new immigrants as “the worst failures in the
struggle for existence.”
• Advocates for immigrant restriction because
- ____________ means less ______ required
- ______ shortage
- Immigrants __________ to _________ race
Nativism
• __________ _____________ belief that those
currently living in America and descending from
English or German ancestors are ___________
• Natives ___________ increased foreign influence and
wanted to preserve the ________of English and
German descendants
• Immigration Restriction League
– Wanted to ____________ undesirable, foreign voters
– Pushed for ____________ and
__________requirements for voting
Chinese Exclusion
• Intense __________ towards __________ immigrants, especially on the West Coast result in _______
__________ _________ Act
• ______________, ______________, and ______________ occur towards Chinese Americans
• U.S. v. Wong Kim Ark (1892): upholds _____ Amendment rights for ____________ of Chinese immigrants
Arguments Against Immigrants in the Gilded Age
• ___________ of their race
• Infected with _________
• Unable to adapt to ___________ _________
• Speak a different _____________
• Taking the _______ of Americans