OPENING ASSIGNMENT
9/15/2015
 Imagine
you are immigrating to a new
country in 2015.
 If
you could only bring one suitcase of
belongings to your new country what
would you take?

Why did you choose those items?
OLD IMMIGRATION
 Until
the 1890’s most immigrants to the US
were from Europe, specifically Western and
Northern Europe.
 England,
Scotland, Ireland, Germany, and
Scandinavia.
NEW IMMIGRATION

Beginning in the 1890’s more immigrants
began arriving from Southern and Eastern
Europe.

Italy, Russia, Austria-Hungary, Greece, and
Poland.

These immigrants arrived on the East coast
and moved throughout the nation.
NEW IMMIGRATION

In addition to European immigrants the US saw
Asian immigrants during this time period.

China and Japan.

These immigrants arrived in California, Oregon,
and Washington. Many moved throughout the
US seeking work but a larger percentage stayed
on the west coast.
NEW IMMIGRATION
 Mexico
also saw emigrants leave for the US.
 The
US provided a more stable country with
additional opportunities for work.
 Additional
farming opportunities drew many
farm workers after 1902 when the US began
irrigating much of the West’s arid landscape.
WHY EMIGRATION?
 Reasons
for emigrating: the PUSH factors
 Eastern Europeans- Religious persecution
(Jews), rising population, scarcity of land,
and too few jobs/unemployment.
 East
Asians- Too few jobs and little
economic opportunity.
WHY EMIGRATION
 Reasons
for Emigrating: The PULL factors.
 Eastern
Europeans- Much land available,
jobs were supposedly plentiful, and
independence and freedoms.
 Eastern
Asians- Much higher wages, jobs,
and social mobility.
NEW IMMIGRATION
 Many
European immigrants arrived at Ellis
Island in New York harbor.
 Immigrants had to undergo inspection and
about 2% of immigrants were denied entry
to the US.
 Had to pass a physical exam and have the
required documents.
 Most immigrants passed through the
terminal in one day.
NEW IMMIGRATION
 Angel
Island located in San Francisco Bay
was where many immigrants from East Asia
arrived.
 Immigrants to Angel Island endured a much
more harsh environment including:
 Harsh questioning and long detentions.
 Why
do you think these immigrants went
through a different process?
NEW IMMIGRATION

Many immigrants found it easier to begin their
new lives in areas where other immigrants from
the same home country lived.

This helped establish ethnic communities that
still exist today.

What are some reasons people would
congregate in areas of a city with immigrants
from the same country?
NEW IMMIGRATION
 Many
native-born Americans thought that
immigrants should assimilate by abandoning
their native languages and customs.
 Many
new immigrants did not want to give
up their cultural identities.
 This
led to strong anti-immigrant feelings
among many native-born Americans.
NEW IMMIGRATION
 Nativism-
a response to immigration by nativeborn Americans that involved a belief that
Anglo-Saxons were superior to other ethnic
groups.
British, German, and Scandinavians were OK.
 Slavs, Italians, Latinos, and Asians were
PROBLEMS.

NEW IMMIGRATION
 Nativism
and a fear of loosing their jobs to
immigrants helped lead to to intense antiChinese sentiment. As a result congress
passed the…
 Chinese
Exclusion Act- Banned entry to all
Chinese except students, teachers,
merchants, tourists, and government
officials.
NEW IMMIGRATION
 The
Gentlemen’s Agreement- Japan
agreed to limit emigration to the US in
exchange for the repeal of the San
Francisco segregation order.
DAILY REVIEW TOPICS
Old Immigration= Western & Northern Europeans.
 New Immigration= Southern, Eastern Europeans,
Mexico, & Eastern Asians.
 Ellis Island = NYC & Angel Island = San Fran.
 Nativism= persecution/opposition to New
Immigrants. A person who thought this was a
Nativist.
 The Chinese Exclusion Act and The Gentleman’s
Agreement barred Chinese and Japanese
Immigrants.

HOMEWORK
CHAPTER
7 Section 2
Read pages 262 – 266
Main Ideas A – C
Map Questions Page 263 #1 – 2
Terms & Names defined into
notebook.
TICKET OUT THE DOOR
 Which
group of immigrants do you think
faced the greatest challenges upon
reaching the United States?
 Why?