Immigration and Urbanization They came they saw they

Immigration and Urbanization

They came, they saw, they… Immigrants Who here is American, and what does it mean?

Why the spike in 1860 & 1910?

Turn-of-the-Century Immigration to the United States Eastern and Northwestern Southern Europe 18% 27% 49% Eastern and Southern Europe 11% 24% Rest of the 71% World Northwestern Europe Percent of Immigrants by Region and Origin

Coming to America!

The “dumbbell” tenement

Hypocrites

California, why?

Are we still this America? • What is the meaning of the poem? • "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. ” • What does the line say about Immigrants to America? • What problems were immigrants facing in the old country?

What fears do they have?

Nativist Activism • • American Protective Association - 1887 Chinese Exclusion Act - 1882 Literacy tests added 1917 Immigration Act of 1924 – (National Origins Act) – Est. Quota %’s • Immigration Act 1929 – Capped at 150, 000

Positives and Negatives Immigration • (+) • New Talents and Skills • Diversity • Freedom • Land of Opportunity • Goodwill with other countries • History of Immigration • (-) • Disease • Criminals, Radicals, Terrorists • Change American Culture • Loss of jobs and opportunity • Racial Backlash