The New Immigrants

1. Unit 6- Immigration and Urbanization

2. YES/NO Questions
 1. Immigration is a major problem in the U.S.
 2. The U.S. government should ban people from
certain countries and/or religions because of terrorism
 3. You should have to be able to speak English to
emigrate to the US
 4. The U.S. should build a wall on its southern border
with Mexico
 5. All immigrants who have come to the U.S. illegally
should be sent back to the country where they came
from
 6. The United States is populated enough and should
stop all immigration

3.  I. Immigration
 A. Immigrant- Person who enters a foreign
country after leaving their homeland
 - Most came to US for a chance at a better life
(“Land of Opportunity”)
 - More have come to US than any other
country in the world
 - Most knew the keys to success were
determination and hard work

4.  B. Alien- Immigrant who has not yet become a
citizen
 C. Naturalization- Process by which an alien
becomes a citizen

5. II. European Immigrants
 A. Pre 1890- Early
Immigration
 Northern and Western
Europe
 B. 1870-1930- trend changed
to Eastern and Southern
Europe
 Steady source of cheap
labor
 Most settled in port of
entry

6.  C. The potato famine caused thousands of Irish
to move to U.S. between 1845 and 1847.
 D. Irish and Germans that immigrated to the U.S.
prior to 1885 are known as Old Immigration

7. III. Chinese Immigrants
 Most came to US to
work on the
railroads, also the
Gold Rush
 Chinese Exclusion
Act- banned
Chinese immigrants
in 1882

8.  IV. Japanese Immigration
 A. Began moving to Hawaii to work as planters,
then many moved to West Coast (higher wages)
 B. Gentlemen’s Agreement- US would end
Japanese segregation; in exchange Japan would
limit the amount of unskilled workers emigrating
to the U.S.

9.  V. Mexico and the West Indies
 A. Caribbean immigration (Jamaica, Cuba,
Puerto Rico) came because of a lack of jobs
 B. Mexicans came to find work and flee political
turmoil

10.  VI. Melting Pot- a mixture of different cultures
and races, who blend together into one common
“American” culture, by abandoning their native
culture and customs
 Many historians now see America as a “Salad
Bowl”

11.  VII. Nativism- favoritism toward native-born
Americans; believed certain ethnic groups were
superior to others
 Nativists saw immigrants taking jobs, living
together, keeping wages down, and not
assimilating

12.  VIII. Journey to America
 Immigration centers to “process” immigrants
(vet)
 A. Ellis Island- NYC harbor, where European
immigrants went
 Denied entrance if you had a contagious
disease
 Had to pass a literacy test by 1917

13.  B. Angel Island- San Francisco Bay, Asian
immigrants from across pacific Ocean
 Could be detained for months

14.  IX. Immigrants in America
 A. Helped build US canals and railroads
 B. Worked in mills, mines, and factories

15.  X. Immigrants and Public Education
 Many viewed education as:
 1. An aid to assimilation
 2. A path to advancement
 3. As a threat to their cultural heritage

16.  1. What do you see?
 2. What do you think
this cartoon is about?
 3. What do you think the
cartoonist is trying to
say?