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Why Europeans Immigrated • “Give me your tired, your poor, / Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free…” • Where did immigrants come from?

Push / Pull Factors • What is a push / pull factor? • PUSH: __________________________________ • Pogroms – organized, anti-Jewish attacks • PULL: __________________________________ • “land of milk and honey…streets paved with gold…”

The Trip • What too three months now took two weeks due to steamships • Seasickness, spoiled food and filthy toilets • Separation on the ship by class • What did third class passengers face?

Ellis Island • “___________” – Marked clothing with chalk (L, H, X and E) – Faced possible deportation • ____________ – “Do you have work waiting for you? ” / Foran Act of 1885 • About 2% of immigrants were denied entry – Ride on ferry to NYC

Urban Populations Explode • Most immigrants settled in places like __________________________________ – Lived in areas with those who spoke the same language

American Response • New immigrants had to “find their own way” financially • Who could they rely on? – “pass the hat” – ____________– established as a community center to help guide immigrants • Political Bosses – • Assimilation / Americanization • Happened with children at school, needing to fit in

American Response • Cultural differences created backlash – Anarchy / Socialism • _________spreads like wildfire – Religious and cultural differences and economic downturn fueled the fire • By the _______Congress had passed legislation to slow immigration – Became based on quota: ___________

Immigration from Asia • Chinese “could never be Americanized” – _________towards Chinese – Economic woes blamed on Chinese – _______________(1882) – no immigration of Chinese for 10 years

Angel Island • “Ellis Island of the West” • Detained for questioning – Asked extremely specific questions to prevent Chinese from forging their way into the country – Could be detained for weeks, months, even years • Angel Island = miserable place

Other Asian Immigrant Groups • Immigrants came as farm laborers and service industry workers from: – Korea, Philippines, and Japan • Anti-Asian feelings caused segregation – led to a _________________ between TR and Japan • Japanese allowed emigrants, with certain family demands