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Chapter 14.1
Old Immigrants
Old Immigrants
Protestant
Northern
Old immigrants came with entire families to settle in the US. Spoke English and had skills (most of the time)
Old Immigrants
German Immigrants
Good
New Immigrants
New Immigrants
Southern
and Eastern Europeans Became the majority of immigrants into America until the beginning of WWI. (up to 70 percent of total)
Push\Pull Factors
Poverty
Largest group of political refugees were Russian and East European Jews who fled religious persecution.
Push\Pull Factors
Economic Opportunity Plentiful, cheap land 1862 Homestead Act gave free land to settlers in exchange for agreeing to work the land for a period of time. Religious freedom
Chain Immigrants those who joined family or friends already settled in America.
Long Journey
Families
brought only the bare essentials needed to start a new life. Trip Across the Atlantic
Most
Asian Immigration
While European immigrants were arriving at Ellis Island, Asian immigrants were arriving at Angel Island in San Francisco, California. It was harder to gain entry to the US at Angel Island than at Ellis Island.
Asian Immigration
Chinese Exclusion Act Chinese immigrants were turned away unless they could prove they were citizens or had relatives living in America.
Most immigrants stayed in cities; close to industrial jobs in factories. They lived in ethnic neighborhoods, called ghettoes with others who shared:
Native
Americanization helping immigrants learn English and adopt American dress and diet.
Immigrants
Polish
people of all different nationalities blended to create a single culture. This idea excluded nonEuropean immigrants
salad bowl concept suggests that the integration of the many different cultures of United States residents combine like a salad, as opposed to the more prolific notion of a cultural melting pot.
Nativism
A
belief that native-born white Americans were superior to immigrants. Panic of 1896 and other economic conditions created job shortages which encouraged resentment towards immigrants. Why? Religious Intolerance
WASP
Immigration fueled industrial growth Acquired citizenship Elected politicians Made their traditions part of American culture
Examples?
Mexican Americans
Developed
Southwest.