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American Immigration History: Challenges and Achievements

Explore the late 19th-century immigration patterns to the U.S., immigrant experiences, and the rise of nativism. Learn about the process of Americanization and early restrictions on immigration. Discover how shifting patterns of immigration shaped America.

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American Immigration History: Challenges and Achievements

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  1. Immigration

  2. Immigration • In the late 19th century immigrants were coming to the U.S. in large numbers • Reasons for immigrating: (‘push’ and ‘pull’ factors) • Escape oppression • Poverty • War • Religious/ethnic persecution • Freedom • Economic opportunity • Cultural ties

  3. Shifting Patterns of Immigration • Prior to 1880 • Most immigrants came from Northern Europe (Great Britain, Ireland, Germany) • The NEW IMMIGRANTS (1880-1920) • Immigrants came from Southern in Eastern Europe in much larger numbers (Poland, Italy, Austria-Hungary, Greece, Russia)

  4. The Immigrant Experience • Most immigrants entered the U.S. through Ellis Island (New York), or Angel Island (California) • Traveled in steerage – an open room below the water line often with awful conditions, disease spread rapidly, & all they owned with them in a single bag • Initial Hardships • Mostly settled in inner city ethnic ghettos • Neighborhoods of same nationality, same language, same religion • Immigrants felt more comfortable around people with the same customs as themselves • Little or no money • Discrimination from native-born Americans • Isolated from mainstream American life

  5. The Process of Americanization • Americanized – learning to dress, speak, and act like other Americans • Assimilated – adopting the American way of life, culture • Melting pot – mixture of different cultures and ethnicities blended together and re-shaped in to the dominating culture • Americanization often led to conflict

  6. The Rise of Nativism • As the immigrant population continued to grow, so did the hostility towards them from the native-born Americans • Nativism – favoring the interest of native-born people over the interest of foreign-born people • Many nativists were concerned the most with the immigrants taking valuable jobs away from other Americans

  7. Early Restrictions on Immigration • Chinese Exclusion Act – 1882 • First federal law to restrict immigration to the U.S. • Temporarily banned the immigration of Chinese workers • Restrictions on Chinese immigrants who were already in the U.S.

  8. Liberalism • Strongly anti-business, pro labor and pro-reform. • More open to change. • Conservatism would be the opposite. Pro-business, anti-labor and anti-reform.

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