Transcript Social Studies Chapter 21 - Good Shepherd Catholic Church

Social Studies
Chapter 21
Section 1
New Immigrants in a Promised
Land
Between 1865 & 1915 > 25 million
immigrants poured into the U.S.
 Push factor condition that drive people
from their home
 Pull factor conditions that attract
immigrants to a new area
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Push Factors
Pogroms org attacks on Jewish villages
 Persecution pushed Armenian Christians
out of the Ottoman Empire
 Mexico, 1910, a revolution persecuted
Catholics for almost 100 yrs
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Pull Factors
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Industrial jobs in America
Promise of $ in America
 Low transportation rates to come over
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Immigrants faced hardships coming over
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Steerage: airless room below deck
Statue of Liberty on Ellis Island, NY
Health checked
 Must have sponsor
 Angel Island: Asian immigrants
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Old & New Immigrants
Early waves included English, Irish,
Scandinavians, & Germans
 Next wave included those from S. & E.
Europe: Italy; Poland, Greece, Russia, &
Hungry.
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Difference in Religious beliefs resulted in
descrimination
Adapting to American Life
Many immigrants thought streets were
literally paved with gold.
 Tended to live in neighborhoods with
immigrants from same country
 Acculturation is the process of holding on
to older traditions while adapting to a new
culture.
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Nativists Oppose Immigration
Nativists sought to limit immigration &
preserve the country for native born white
Protestants
 Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882 barred
Chinese laborers from entering the country
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