Through Ellis Island and Angel Island The Immigrant 通过埃利斯岛和天使岛的移民.pptVIP

Through Ellis Island and Angel Island: The Immigrant Experience Chapter 15 Why Europeans Immigrated “Give me your tired, your poor, / Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free…” Where did immigrants come from? Push / Pull Factors What is a push / pull factor? PUSH: population growth, hunger and religious persecution Pogroms – organized, anti-Jewish attacks PULL: opportunity, jobs, land and the sometimes misleading America letters “land of milk and honey…streets paved with gold…” The Trip What too three months now took two weeks due to steamships Seasickness, spoiled food and filthy toilets Separation on the ship by class What did third class passengers face? Ellis Island “Six second exam” Marked clothing with chalk (L,H,X and E) Faced possible deportation 29 Question Exam “Do you have work waiting for you?” / Foran Act of 1885 About 2% of immigrants were denied entry Ride on ferry to NYC Urban Populations Explode Most immigrants settled in places like New York, Chicago, Boston, Cleveland, etc. Lived in areas with those who spoke the same language Riis’s imagined map of the city (p. 192) American Response New immigrants had to “find their own way” financially Who could they rely on? “pass the hat” Settlement Houses – established as a community center to help guide immigrants Political Bosses – Assimilation / Americanization Happened with children at school, needing to fit in American Response Cultural differences created backlash Anarchy / Socialism Nativisim spreads like wildfire Religious and cultural differences and economic downturn fueled the fire By the 1920’s Congress had passed legislation to slow immigration Became based on quota Immigration from Asia Immigrants, mainly from China, came to strike it rich on Gold Mountain (California) Majority were men, most ended up staying in the US Friction between white men and Chinese immigrants grew over labor Chinese worked for less Immigration from Asia “…utter heathens, treacherous, sensual, coward