Transcript Immigration Progressive Era

Immigration
Progressive Era
By: Josh G. Adolfo Mondraon, Jaelen Williams, Ricardo Jaimes
facts
• As in the 1920’s unfolded so did the greatest
wave of immigrants in American history.
• The number of immigrants entering the united
stated decreased for about a year from June
1919 to July 1922
• The united states always been a land of
immigration
15th century
• 12,000 years ago the first indigenous people
crossed the ice bridge connecting asia to
north America.
• Also the French and Spanish were the first to
establish settlements before the English and
Dutch, among others, founded their first
permanent colonies.
1800’s-1890’s (Chinese)
• In the mid 1800’s, thousands of Chinese came
to California to work in the gold field or to
build rail roads.
• By the 1870’s there were roughly 63,000
Chinese in the u.s
• In the 1890’s the Chinese went down 3% and
was upset by the restriction act of ealry
1900’s
1900-1915
• Between 1900 and 1915 more than 15 million
immigrants arrived in the United States. That
was about equal to the number of immigrants
who had arrived in the previous 40 years
combined. In 1910 3/4 of New York City's
population were either immigrants or first
generation Americans
Why Immigrate?
• There are multiple answers to this question.
• People nowadays face different challenges,
some of the reasons why people moved to the
new world during colonial times echo some of
the reasons that push people to immigrate to
the united states today.
Coming to America
• Going to north America brought promises of
cheap land and freedom of enterprise.
Incoming farmers, fisherman, tradesmen,
shipbuilders and craftsmen oil found work.
Ida Minerva Tarbell
Ida Minerva Tarbell, was born on November 6, 1857. she
was an American teacher, author and journalist. She was
a leading muckraker of the progressive era in the late 19th
and early 20th century. She was best known for her 1904
book the history of the standard oil company.
J.P. Morgan
John Pierpont Morgan- was born on April
17,1837. he was an American financer,
banker, philanthropist and art collector.
He directed the banking coalition that
stopped the Panic of 1907. He was also
the leading financier of the Progressive
Era, and his dedication to efficiency and
modernization helped transform to
different American business.
J.D. Rockefeller
John Davidson Rockefeller -was an
American business magnateand
philanthropist. He was a co-founder of the
Standard Oil Company, which dominated
the oil industry and was the first great U.S.
business trust His fortune was mainly used
to create the modern systematic approach
of targeted philanthropy. He was able to
do this through the creation of
foundations that had a major effect on
medicine, education and scientific
research.
Chinese Exclusion Act
The Chinese exclusion act was a
United States federal law signed by
President Chester A. Arthur on May
6, 1882. It was one of the most
significant restrictions on free
immigration in US history,
prohibiting all immigration of
Chinese laborers. The act was
initially intended to last for 10 years,
but it was renewed in 1892 and was
made permanent in 1902. It was
finally repealed by the Magnuson
Act on December 17, 1943.