Chapter 20 Section 1 Immigration Immigration in America

Chapter 20 Section 1: Immigration

Immigration in America • America has attracted • people from all over the world throughout its history A large wave of immigration occurred in the late 1800 s, spurred by the growth of the US economy and the promise of jobs and land

Push / Pull Factors • Push Factors • Anything that causes an immigrant to leave home – Famine – No jobs / poor econ. – Political unrest • Pull Factors • Something attractive about a new place that draws people to come – – – Jobs Cheap land Opportunity

Ethnic heritage vs. Culture • Ethnic heritage is • where your ancestors came from Culture is your Way of Life • How can both of these things sometimes change over time? How can both of these things stay the same sometimes? – Irish, Mexican, German, Polish, Yugoslavian, Japanese, Norwegian – Food, dress, language, religion, customs, recreations/passtimes

Assimilation • Changes / adaptations • that immigrants make to their new culture Often seen in changes to clothing, language, food, etc. – What parts of culture assimilate the quickest? The slowest? – Why does assimilation occur?

Reflection Questions • 1. What are the reasons that your “culture” is • • different than your “heritage”? 2. What characteristics had the greatest ‘similarity’ to your ancestors? Why do you think that category (the high number) maintained the culture while others were lost? If you could select your oldest living relative to take this survey, how would you expect them to score? Why?

Ethnic Breakdown of Area Communities • Village of Waterford: • 49. 4% German • 18. 4 % Polish • 12. 3% Irish • 9. 1% English • 8% Norwegian • Town of Waterford – 53% German – 17% Polish – 14% Irish – Very High concentration of these three: makes up 84% of all people living here

Wisconsin’s Ethnic Breakdown (2000 Census data) • German: 42. 4% • Irish 10. 9% • Polish 9. 3% • Norwegian: 8. 5% • English: 6. 5%

Wisconsin’s Racial Makeup (different from country of origin) • 90% White • 5% African American • 4% Hispanic/Latino • Less than 1% Asian • Less than 1% American Indian

• Village of Rochester • 46% German • 14% Polish • 12% Irish • 11% English

• City of Burlington • 51% German • 14% Irish

Ethnic Communities in Wisconsin • New Berlin in Waukesha County: 48. 4% German (Waterford has more – 49. 4%) • Germantown in Washington County: 57. 1% are German (in the township, it’s 73%) • New Glarus in Green County: 35. 5% Swiss (only 1. 1% of Wisconsin is Swiss) • Westby in Vernon County: 61% Norwegian