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The New Immigration “Give Me Your Poor, Your Tired, Your Huddle Masses Yearning to Breathe Free”- Emma Lazarus

A Massive New Migration n 1870 -1910 was the greatest period of Immigration in U. S. History n 22 Million immigrants n Called the New Immigration

The New Immigrants n Were mostly from Northern, Eastern or Southern Europe n Italians, Norwegians, Greeks, Russians, Jews, etc

The Streets are Paved with Gold n Came for opportunity n Chance for a better life than they could have in Europe

Assimilation Harder for this group to assimilate than the “Old Immigrants” n Religious, language, and cultural differences n Many suffered from “culture shock” n

The Entry Point n Main entry point was New York City n Gov. built immigrant depot at Ellis Island to process the immigrants n About ½ stayed in New York City

Ethnic Ghettoes Tended to settle in neighborhoods of the same nationalities n Called ethnic ghettoes n “Little Italy”, Chinatown, “Russiatown”, etc n Maintained their own culture n

The Tenements n Lived in Dumbbell Tenements n Cheap and overcrowded n Little light or ventilation

Floor Plan

Crowded

Exploitation Were used by political machines to control city elections n Would provide services to the immigrants in exchange for votes n New York City had the Tammany Hall Machine n

Exploited II n Immigrants provided cheap labor n Worked in factories called sweat shops n Were replaced by newer immigrants when the demanded more money

Assimilation n Eventually assimilated n Added their cultural traits to the American Culture n Called the American Melting Pot

Exclusion Only one group was excluded n Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) forbade further Chinese immigrants n Immigration Restriction League tried to stop immigration in the 1890 s n