1. Turn of the Century Immigration to the U.S. 1880-1921
1880 1910
• 49% from NW Europe • 16% from NW Europe
• 27% from Eastern and • 73% from Eastern and
Southern Europe Southern Europe
• 24% from the Rest of the • 11% from Rest of the
World World
1880 1910
Northwestern Europe Northwestern Europe
Southern and Eastern Southern and Eastern
Europe Europe
Rest of the World Rest of the World
What change is evident?_________________________________
_________________________________________________________
2. Characteristics of the “New Immigrant”
• ____________________________
• ____________________________
• ____________________________
3. Push Factors (Get OUT!)
• Economic Problems in Europe and Asia
1. ______________________
2. ______________________
3. ______________________
• Political and Religious Persecution in Eastern Europe
1. ______________________
a. Pogroms=______________________
___________________________
2. _____________________________
4. Pull Factors (Come HERE!)
• Economic Advantages in America
1. ___________________________________
2. ___________________________________
3. ___________________________________
• Political and Religious Freedom in America
1. ___________________________________
2. ___________________________________
3. ___________________________________
5. Journey Across the Atlantic
• 10-15 day voyage by
steamship
• Steerage Class Ticket
_______________________
• Could enter through any port city,
but most ships traveled to _________
_______________
• 1st and 2nd class passengers did not
have to be processed at an
_______________________________
7. Ellis Island
________ of immigrants to
America go through Ellis
Island (1892-1920)
--”Give me your tired,
your poor, your
huddled masses
yearning to breathe
free, the wretched
refuse of your teeming
shore…I lift my lamp
beside the golden
door.”
–Statue of Liberty
Emma Lazarus
8. Immigrants Assimilate Into
Society
— ___________________________________________________________
— ___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
— ___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
— __________________________________________________________
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9. Americanization
• Americanization = helping newcomers learn American
ways (______________________________________)
-In many cities institutions arose to help immigrants fit
in (English classes, day care for working mothers,
temporary housing)
• ____________________
• ____________
• ____________________
-Immigrants usually stuck with their native cultures but
children of immigrants were more likely to adopt
American ways.
11. Motivation For Nativism
• Fear, hostility, and suspicion
• Prejudices based on race, ethnicity,
religion
• Old Immigrants vs. New Immigrants
“The immigrants are an invasion of venomous reptiles…long-‐‑
haired, wild-‐‑eyed bad-‐‑smelling, atheistic, reckless foreign
wretches, who never did a day’s work in their lives.” –from a
newspaper editorial
• Some similarities to today (i.e. jobs)
