Do Now What is the message of the

Do Now: What is the message of the political cartoon?

Aim: How did Americans respond to the influx of “new” immigrants?

Unrestricted Immigration

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OLD immigrants v. NEW immigrants 1860 -1920 1600 s-1850

middle class man The meaning of the. The immigrant…. claims the new politician Uncle Sam is looking for hard workers to fill the nation’s factories. The contractor is looking for cheap labor. immigrants are a menace because they represent “inferior” European “races” and religions. The worker fears lowered wages because immigrants were willing to work for less. thinks he can easily convince immigrants to vote for him. The health inspector worries that immigrants carry contagious diseases.

How did Americans respond to the influx of “new” immigrants? • Nativism: Favoring the original native group over immigrants. • Nativists believed that immigrants could never fully assimilate or be fully loyal to the US. Do we have nativists today? If so, who is the target of the nativists today?

Nativist Legislation • Chinese Exclusion Act (1882): limited Chinese immigration into the US. • Gentleman's Agreement (1907): not a formal law, but an agreement to limit Japanese immigration into the US. • Literacy Tests (1917): denied admission to any immigrant who could not pass a basic reading/writing test.

The Quota Act of 1921: limited immigration into the U. S. The limits became known as the National Origins Formula. § The formula or Quota (set number) limited the entry of immigrants coming from Asia or southern and eastern Europe into the U. S.

Task: In pairs, analyze your cartoon and complete the worksheet. • RED: identify the people in the cartoon • GREEN: symbols or actions • BLUE: then, respond the following; HOW DOES YOUR CARTOON PORTRAY NATIVISM?

The shadows show that the old immigrants were once new to the country Americans New (old immigrants) immigrant The old immigrant is stopping the new immigrant from entering the U. S.

! E L P SAM HOW DOES YOUR CARTOON PORTRAY NATIVISM? • This cartoon portrays nativism because it shows how the ‘new immigrant’ is being discriminated by the Americans and restricted from coming into the United States. In addition, the cartoon includes the shadows of the Americans as the old immigrants who were once also poor and considered undesirable. This shows how hypocritical the nativists were.

Author: J. Keppler Title: The Stranger at our Gate Source: National Journal, 1899

Author: Gillam, Victor Title: The Proposed Emigrant Dumping Site Source: Judge, March 22, 1890.

Caption: Uncle Sam "Look here, you, everybody else is quiet and peaceable, and you're all the time a-kicking up a row!" Author: J. Keppler Title: Uncle Sam’s Lodging House Source: Puck magazine June 7, 1882

Title: The great fear of the period That Uncle Sam may be swallowed by foreigners Date Created/Published: San Francisco : White & Bauer, [between 1860 and 1869]