Other Americans Fights for Rights Mexican Immigrants JewsCatholics Japanese Immigrants

Other Americans Fights for Rights

Mexican Immigrants

Jews Catholics

Japanese Immigrants

Mexican Immigrants by 1900

.

Mexican Immigrants by 1900

1/2 Million

in U.S.A.

Mexican Immigrants by 1900

Legal Segregation1/2 Million

in U.S.A.

Mexican Immigrants by 1900

Legal Segregation

Inferior schools

1/2 Million

in U.S.A.

Mexican Immigrants by 1900

Legal Segregation

Banned from white schools

Inferior schools

1/2 Million

in U.S.A.

Think about it…

How were the experiences of Mexican immigrants similar

to or different from the experiences of African

Americans?

Revolution and Famine in Mexico 1910

Revolution and Famine in Mexico 1910

Thousands flee to U.S.

Revolution and Famine in Mexico 1910

Thousands flee to U.S.

Poor Farmers

MiddleAnd Upper

Class

Revolution and Famine in Mexico 1910

Thousands flee to U.S.

Poor Farmers

MiddleAnd Upper

Class

Settle in Southwest U.S.

Revolution and Famine in Mexico 1910

Thousands flee to U.S.

Poor Farmers

MiddleAnd Upper

Class

Settle in Southwest U.S.

Find a Job?YES NO

Revolution and Famine in Mexico 1910

Thousands flee to U.S.

Poor Farmers

MiddleAnd Upper

Class

Settle in Southwest U.S.

Find a Job?Stay in Southwest

Go to Midwest

and RockiesYES NO

Think about it…

How do these migration patterns reflect migration patterns of other

immigrants that came to the United States? What logical conclusion can you draw from migration choices of

immigrants?

Mexican Immigrants

Mexican Immigrants

Field HandsBuilt Roads

Dug Irrigation Ditches

City Factories

Mexican Immigrants

Field HandsBuilt Roads

Dug Irrigation Ditches

City Factories Paid less than whites

Mexican Immigrants

Field HandsBuilt Roads

Dug Irrigation Ditches

City Factories

Preserve languageAnd culture

Create BarriosFormed

Mutualistas

Paid less than whites

Mutualistas

“Mutual Aid Groups” Immigrant aid society Pooled money

Pay for insurance and legal advice Collect money

For sick and needy

Think about it…

Will the mutualistas be successful? Why or why

not?

Asian Americans

BACKGROUND:

Cause: Chinese Exclusion Act bars Chinese immigrants

Result: Employers hire workers from other Asian countries

Japanese Immigrants

Japanese Immigrants

First enter Hawaii

Japanese Immigrants

First enter Hawaii Enter mainlandUnited States

Japanese Immigrants

First enter Hawaii Enter mainlandUnited States

U.S. annexes HA in 1898

Japanese Immigrants

First enter Hawaii Enter mainlandUnited States

Settle on dryBarren land

U.S. annexes HA in 1898

Japanese Immigrants

First enter Hawaii Enter mainlandUnited States

Settle on dryBarren land

U.S. annexes HA in 1898

Mostly Farmers

Japanese Immigrants

First enter Hawaii Enter mainlandUnited States

Settle on dryBarren land

Produce big portion of CA

Fruits and vegetables

U.S. annexes HA in 1898

Mostly Farmers

Japanese Immigrants

First enter Hawaii Enter mainlandUnited States

Settle on dryBarren land

Produce big portion of CA

Fruits and vegetables

U.S. annexes HA in 1898

Mostly Farmers

Work hard

Think about it….

What same conclusion can we apply to Japanese immigration that we

discussed about Mexican and other immigration patterns?

Problems

Prejudice

California Japan

Problems

PrejudiceProtested the insult

Segregated schools

California Japan

Problems

PrejudiceProtested the insult

Segregated schools

Roosevelt pressuredto limit immigration

California Japan

Problems

PrejudiceProtested the insult

Segregated schools

Roosevelt pressuredto limit immigration

Will restrict Immigration if

Segregation ends

Condemns segregated

schools

California Japan

Problems

PrejudiceProtested the insult

Segregated schools

Roosevelt pressuredto limit immigration

Will restrict Immigration if

Segregation ends

Condemns segregated

schools

Gentleman’s Agreement

California Japan

Gentleman’s Agreement

JAPAN Stop any more

workers from going to U.S.

UNITED STATES All Japanese women

can join husbands already in the country

Anti-Japanese feelings still high.

Barred from land ownership in CA in 1913.

Religious Minorities

BACKGROUND:

Cause: New wave of immigration brought Roman Catholics and Jews.

Effect: Nativism in the U.S. rise.

Catholics

Catholics

Anti-CatholicAmerican Protective

Association

Teachers lecture against Pope Textbooks contain

prejudice comments

Catholics

Anti-CatholicAmerican Protective

Association

Teachers lecture against Pope Textbooks contain

prejudice comments

RESULT

Catholics

Anti-CatholicAmerican Protective

Association

Set up own parochial school system

Teachers lecture against Pope Textbooks contain

prejudice comments

RESULT

JEWS

JEWS

Anti-Semitism Lynching

Unfair trials (Ex. Georgia)

JEWS

Anti-Semitism Lynching

RESULT

Unfair trials (Ex. Georgia)

JEWS

Anti-Semitism Lynching

RESULT

Found Anti-Defamation League to promote understanding and fight prejudice against Jews.

Unfair trials (Ex. Georgia)

Think about it…

How are religious discrimination and

racial/ethnic discrimination both similar and different?

Is one worse than the other? Why or why not?

Homework Based on what you know about the

experiences of Mexicans, Japanese, African Americans, Jews, and Catholics in America, which group do you think faced the most difficult obstacles to achieving equal rights and treatment? Explain why you think so.