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NOTES on New Immigration
Emma Lazarus Poem on Base
Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these,
the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!
“I came to America because I heard the streets were paved with gold…
When I got here, I found out three things: First, the streets weren’t paved with gold; second, they weren’t paved at all; and third, I was expected to pave them”
Ellis Island
Southern and Eastern Europeans1. Motivation to move
a. Push: Fleeing land shortage, job shortage, famine
b. Pull: religious and political freedom
2. Port of entry: Ellis Island in NYC
3. Why Americans discriminated
a. fear religious differencesi. US = Protestantii. immigrants = Catholic, Jewish
b. fear job competition
4. Anti-immigration policiesa. Quota Act of 1924: only
2% of each nation’s present population allowed to enter
b. De facto discrimination (socially enforced)
i. Ghettos (secluded community)
Angel Island Immigration Station
Chinese1. motive to move:
a. push factor: fleeing land shortage and political revolution
b. pull factor: job opportunities: build transcontinental railroad
2. Port of entry: Angel Island in San Francisco
3. Why Americans discriminatea. fear job competitionb. fear cultural differencesc. fear of racial mixing
3. Why Americans discriminatea. fear job competitionb. fear cultural differencesc. fear of racial mixing
4. Anti-immigration policiesa. Denis Kearney Disturbance: resent
job competition… cut off hair of Asians and murder
3. Why Americans discriminatea. fear job competitionb. fear cultural differencesc. fear of racial mixing
4. Anti-immigration policiesa. Denis Kearney Disturbance: resent
job competition… cut off hair of Asians and murder
b. Chinese Exclusion Act: prohibit immigration of Chinese labor
Chinese Exclusion Act
WHEREAS, in the opinion of
the Government of the
United States the coming of
Chinese laborers to this
country endangers the good
order of certain localities
within the territory thereof:
Therefore,
Be it enacted… the coming
of Chinese laborers to the
Untied States be, . . .
suspended; and during such
suspension it shall not be
lawful for any Chinese
laborer to come, or, having
so come after the expiration
of said ninety days, to
remain within the United
States.
Chinese Exclusion ActWHEREAS, in the opinion of the Government of the United States the coming of Chinese laborers to this country endangers the good order of certain localities within the territory thereof: Therefore,Be it enacted… the coming of Chinese laborers to the Untied States be, . . . suspended; and during such suspension it shall not be lawful for any Chinese laborer to come, or, having so come after the expiration of said ninety days, to remain within the United States.
3. Why Americans discriminatea. fear job competitionb. fear cultural differencesc. fear of racial mixing
4. Anti-immigration policiesa. Denis Kearney Disturbance: resent
job competition… cut off hair of Asians and murder
b. Chinese Exclusion Act: prohibit immigration of Chinese labor
c. Alien Land Law – non-citizen Asians could not own land
d. Page Law: excluded all “Oriental Women from immigrating… assumed they were prostitutes
Chinese Exclusion Act
WHEREAS, in the opinion of
the Government of the
United States the coming of
Chinese laborers to this
country endangers the good
order of certain localities
within the territory thereof:
Therefore,
Be it enacted… the coming
of Chinese laborers to the
Untied States be, . . .
suspended; and during such
suspension it shall not be
lawful for any Chinese
laborer to come, or, having
so come after the expiration
of said ninety days, to
remain within the United
States.
Directions
Add symbols, pictures,
or phrases
that explain
the “America
n Dream”
“Life, liberty,
pursuit of
happiness”
Freedom of speech, religion,
press, and assembly
The Gilded Age (covered in gold, inside is junk)
“Rags to Riches”
The The AmericanAmerican
DreamDream
Directions
•Summarize the meaning of the cartoon
•List at least 2 ways each ethnic/racial group became the targets of discrimination
American Indians
Directions
•Summarize the meaning of the cartoon
•List at least 2 ways each ethnic/racial group became the targets of discrimination
European Immigrants
Directions
•Summarize the meaning of the cartoon
•List at least 2 ways each ethnic/racial group became the targets of discrimination
Asian Immigrants
“No more Washee! Playee Base-ballee! Sellee out Game, allee same Melican man!”
Directions
•Summarize the meaning of the cartoon
•List at least 2 ways each ethnic/racial group became the targets of discrimination
African-Americans
Directions
Label the following population centers
•American IndiansSD, OK, 4 Corners
•European ImmigrantsNew York City (Ellis Island), Chicago, Philadelphia
•Asian ImmigrantsSan Francisco (Angel Island), San Diego
•African AmericansLower South
Map
Page 1,142
Directions
Label the following population centers
•American IndiansSD, OK, 4 Corners
•European ImmigrantsNew York City (Ellis Island), Chicago, Philadelphia
•Asian ImmigrantsSan Francisco (Angel Island), San Diego
•African AmericansLower South