IMMIGRATION
• PROCESS OF MOVING
FROM ONE COUNTRY TO
ANOTHER PERMANENTLY.
• IMMIGRATION TO THE U.S.
STARTED AFTER THE CIVIL
WAR. (1865-1910)
• THERE WERE TWO PERIODS
OF IMMIGRATION DURING
THIS ERA.
• 1. OLD IMMIGRATION
• 2. NEW IMMIGRATION
• 1. OLD IMMIGRANTS
• CAME TO THE UNITED
STATES BETWEEN 18651890.
• THE U.S GOVERNMENT
ESTIMATED 13.5 MILLION
CAME DURING THIS
PERIOD.
• THE OLD IMMIGRANTS
CAME FROM WESTERN
AND NORTHERN EUROPE.
OLD IMMIGRANTS
NEW IMMIGRANTS
• NEW IMMIGRANTS
• CAME TO THE U.S
STARTING IN 1890 AND
ENDED AROUND 1910.
• THEY CAME FROM
EASTERN AND
SOUTHERN EUROPE.
IMMIGRATION
• 3 MAIN REASONS WHY
IMMIGRANTS CAME TO
THE UNITED STATES.
• 1. POLITICAL &
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
• 2. JOBS (INDUSTRIAL
REVOLUTION).
• 3. OVERPOPULATION
AND OVERCROWDING
IN EUROPE.
IMMIGRATION
• EXAMPLES FOR WESTERN &
• NORTHERN COUNTRIES
EXAMPLES FOR EASTERN &
SOUTHERN COUNTRIES
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6.
IMMIGRATION STATIONS
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EASTERN UNITED STATES.
NEW YORK HARBOR
ELLIS ISLAND
EUROPEAN IMMIGRANTS
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WESTERN UNITED STATES
SAN FRANCISCO BAY
ANGEL ISLAND
ASIAN IMMIGRANTS
IMMIGRATION
• WHICH EUROPEAN IMMIGRANTS
ASSIMILATED BEST IN AMERICA & WHY?
• OLD IMMIGRANTS
• WHY?
• THEY SPOKE THE LANGUAGE, SIMILAR
RELIGION, ATE THE SAME FOOD, DRESSED
THE SAME WAY.
PATTERN OF SETTLEMENT EAST COAST
• 1. MOST IMMIGRANTS SETTLED IN URBAN
AREAS ESPECIALLY INDUSTRAL CITIES PORTS.
• OLD IMMIGRANTS SETTLED ON THE EAST COAST.
• (NEW YORK, BALTIMORE, PROVIDENCE,
BOSTON, WASHINGTON D.C., PHILADELPHIA.
• NEW IMMIGRANTS MOVED INWARD TOWARD
THE MIDWEST.
• (PITTSBURGH, CLEVELAND, CINCINNATI,
DETROIT, MILWAUKEE)
PATTERN OF SETTLEMENT WEST COAST
• MOST IMMIGRANT SETLE IN URBAN AREAS
ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS
• CALIFORNIA- SAN FRANCISCO, LOS ANGELES,
AND SAN DIEGO.
• WASHINGTON & OREGON- SEATTLE &
PORTLAND
• OTHER AREAS INCLUDED LAS VEGAS,
PHOENIX & DENVER.
IMMIGRANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO
AMERICAN SOCIETY
• THEY HELPED TO BUILD
AND WORK IN NEW
INDUSTRIES.
• THEY BUILT ROADS , MADE
SHOES, PACKED MEAT.
• THEY LAID TRACKS FOR THE
TRANSCONTINENTAL
RAILROAD.
• THE IRISH IMMIGRANTSLAID TRACKS FOR THE
UNION PACIFIC.
• THE CHINESE IMMIGRANTS
LAID TRACKS FOR CENTRAL
PACIFIC.
IMMIGRANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO
AMERICAN SOCIETY
• IMMIGRANTS ADDED
TO AMERICAN
CULTURE.
• 1. CUSTOMS
• 2. LITERATURE
• 3. FOOD
• 4. MUSIC
• 5. RELIGION
• 6. DRESS