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| Entering into a new country |
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| Leaving one's country to go to another country |
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Push-Pull Theory
(Chinese immigrants) |
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The PUSH FACTOR - the fleeing from a land stricken by disaster (both natural and man-made) and a collapsing economy.
The PULL FACTOR - Immigrants drawn to the U.S. for the $$$$$$$$$ |
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| The processing station on the EAST COAST (New York) for immigrants entering the U.S. (Europeans) |
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| The processing station on the WEST COAST (San Francisco)for immigrants entering the U.S. (Australians, New Zealands, Canadians, Mexicans, Central and South Americas, Russians, and especially Asians) |
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| the hatred or fear of foreigners or stangers. |
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| a section of a city where a large group of cultures live. |
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| becoming aware of a new way of life that was, so much different. |
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All immigrants should throw away their culture and take on the new set of languages and customs in America.
(BECOME ONE) |
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| Different cultures should remain separate from one another, but contribute to society. |
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| America favored native born citizens over immigrants. (Anti-immigrant) |
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| a brand new political party that was created to protect native born citizens of the U.S. It created laws against immigration. |
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| Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) |
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| America had limited immmigration on the basis of nationality or race for the first time targeting the Chinese. |
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| Gentleman's Agreement (1907-1908) |
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| the agreement that the U.S. gov't would stop segregating Japanese students, if Japan stopped emigrating it's citizens. |
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Since Japanese immigrants weren't citizens they lost the right to own land in California.
(The U.S. gov't did not want the Japanese to settle down or to succeed and make money off the land). |
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| National Origins Act (1924) |
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The U.S. placed quotas (a specific number) on the number of immigrants allowed into the U.S. from Southern and Eastern Europe as well as Asia.
(Why: Cutlturally and politically these areas of Europe were different). |
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What is steerage?
Where is it found on a ship?
How many people can fit in steerage? |
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the lower ship deck where immigrant passangers lived during their voyage to American.
This is where the "steering mechanism" of the ships once had been housed.
As many as 2,000 people fit. |
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| Between 1877 and 1890, approximately how many immigrants entered the U.S.? |
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| BEFORE 1880,from what nations did the "original" immigrants come from? |
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Northern and Western parts of Europe.
England, Ireland, France, Germany, and
Scandinavia. |
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| BEFORE 1880, what did the "original" immigrants from Northern and Eastern Europe have in common? |
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| Most were white, literate and protestant, except for the Irish and some Germans who were Catholic. |
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| AFTER 1880, from what nations did the "new incoming immigrants" come from? |
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Mainly Eastern and Southern Europe and Asia.
Greeks,Poles, Russians, Italians, Slavs and Turks. |
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| How were the "new" immigrants different from the "original" immigrants? |
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| The "new" immigrants found blending into the existing culture much more difficult. They came with a different set of political, religious and culture of values. |
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| How were Migrant workers different from permanent settlers? |
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| Migrant workers often called, "birds of passage", never intended on making the U.S. their home. They intended on making money and then returning to their homeland. |
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| What happened to immigrants as soon as they reached the processing station (Ellis Island)? |
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| Immigrants had numbered tags pinned to their clothes indicating where they came from and their names. They had to be inspected by a doctor and tests were administered. |
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| List four ailments doctors checked immigrants for (physical inspection)... |
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| wheezing, coughing, deafness or dumbness, shuffling or limping, (physical and mental disabilities), trachoma (eye disease) |
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| Why were the "buttonhook" physicians the most dreaded officials at Ellis Island? |
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| The buttonhook men checked for trachoma by flipping the eyelid inside out with their fingers and a hair pin or buttonhook to look for inflammation of the inner eyelid. A short but painful experience. |
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| What happened to incurable or disabled immigrants? |
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| These immigrants were excluded and returned to their port of departure at the expense of the steamship line. |
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| To prevent ships from bringing ill or disabled immigrants to America, what did the U.S. government do? |
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| in 1903, it imposed a $100 fine to the shipping line for every excluded passenger. |
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| What three types of mental tests were administered to immigrants? |
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1. simple mathmatical problems
2. counting backwards to 20
3. completing a puzzle |
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