Transcript Lecture Station - Waverly-Shell Rock School District

Unit VI – A Growing
America
Chapter 20
Section 1 – New Wave of
Immigration
Lecture Station
The Impact of Immigrants on
the United States
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Video- 4:21
Question: Why do you think the United
States had stricter immigration regulations for
Asian Immigrants?
Answers vary; The United States had a
history of predominantly European Settlers,
and so Asian immigrants may have seemed
unfamiliar to Americans during the first major
waves of immigration.
A New Wave of Immigration
The Big Idea
A new wave of immigration in the late 1800s brought large
numbers of immigrants to the United States.
Main Ideas
• U.S. immigration patterns changed during the late 1800s
as new immigrants arrived from Europe, Asia, and Mexico.
• Immigrants worked hard to adjust to life in the United
States.
• Some Americans opposed immigration and worked to
restrict it.
Main Idea 1:
U.S. immigration patterns changed during the
late 1800s as new immigrants arrived from
Europe, Asia, and Mexico.
Old Immigrants
New Immigrants
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New Immigrants – A Nation of
Immigrants
1800-1880- “Old Immigrants”1880-1910- “New Comers”Severe immigration laws.
1910-
Changing Patterns of Immigration
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What areas of Europe did old immigrants
come from ?
Some people imagined that their lives in the
United States would be ideal Once they
arrived, how do you think their opinion might
have changed?
What kind of character would people need to
face the hardships of immigration?
Journey to America
Steerage
Immigration processing centers
Officials in processing centers.
Detained
Immigration Centers
East Coast
West
Coast
South
Ellis Island
Angel Island
Main Idea 2:
Immigrants worked hard to adjust to
life in the United States.
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Ghetto
Business owners often helped new
arrivals
Some communities formed
benevolent societiestenements—
Immigrant Workers
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Many immigrants were-
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low-paying, unskilled jobs-
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sweatshops.
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Immigrants with appropriate skills –
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Others saved, shared, or borrowed
money to open small businesses.
Mexican immigrants-
Adjusting to a New Life
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Tell why people might want to move
into neighborhoods with others from
the same country?
How might loaning money to
immigrants have helped the economy?
What kinds of businesses did
immigrants open?
Adjusting to a New Life
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How do the Asian Americans pictured on
page 640 on the right appear different from
those on the left?
Why do you think new immigrants often
opened the same types of businesses as
earlier immigrants from the same country had
opened?
How might you feel about your job if you
worked as a thread trimmer in a shirtwaist
factory?
Main Idea 3:
Some Americans opposed immigration and
worked to restrict it.
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Anti-immigrant feelings.
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Some unions feared
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Nativists held _________________
prejudices.
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Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882.
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Later laws were passed
Coming to America
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Reasons to immigrateEllis Island
Angel Island
Hardships in AmericaEthnic neighborhoods –
Prejudice Nativists-.
 Chinese Exclusion Act- 1882 literacy tests
Opposition to Immigration
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During which time period was there
great industrial growth in the United
States?
In what ways did the new wave of
immigrants contribute to the
development of America?