The New Immigrants

THE NEW

IMMIGRANTS

Decide whether each of the following is a PUSH
FACTOR or a PULL FACTOR.

Job Opportunities

Hunger

Poverty

Religious Persecution

Inexpensive Land

Categorize

Options (8)

Job Opportunities

Hunger/ Poverty

Inexpensive Land

religious persecution

religious freedom

freedom of expression

natural disasters

famine/drought

Organize these options into the right categories

Pull Factors

Push Factors

Multiple Choice

Urban Center? Rural? or Suburban?

Description: Few people, Open land, Often used for farming

• Urban Center

• Rural Area

• Suburban

Multiple Choice

Urban Center? Rural? or Suburban?

Description: Tall Buildings, Heavy Traffic, Lots of People, Lots of Businesses

• Urban Center

• Suburban

• Rural Area

Multiple Select

Which of the following were reasons people might have been encouraged to come to America.

• to be a cowboy

• work in a trade

• pursue an education

• to live in a tenement

OLD VS. NEW IMMIGRANTS

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Old Immigrants: Arrived in the
mid-1800s & came mostly from
northwestern Europe

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New Immigrants: Arrived a
generation later & came mostly from southern & eastern Europe

Tended to be poor, illiterate, & from
countries that were undemocratic

➢

Settled in urban ethnic neighborhoods,
often living in poor housing called
tenements, where they could speak
their own language & freely practice
their religion

Multiple Choice

Immigrants that came to the United States after 1880 were known as?

• New Immigrants

• Old Immigrants

• Sojourners

• Traveling Immigrants

Multiple Choice

Where did most of the "new immigrants" from the late 1800s/early 1900s come from?

• Western Europe

• Southern and Eastern Asia

• Northern Asia

• Southern and Eastern Europe

RESISTANCE TO IMMIGRATION

❖ Not all Americans welcomed the

new immigrants with open arms

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Nativism: An ideology that favors the
rights and privileges of the “native
born” population over and against
those of “foreign” status

➢
➢

Chinese Exclusion Act (1882):
Prevented Chinese laborers from
immigrating to the United States

➢
➢

Immigration Restriction League
(1897): Supported a bill requiring a
literacy test for immigrants; President
Cleveland vetoed the measure

Multiple Choice

What group of immigrants were arriving in large numbers on the West Coast in the middle to late 1800's?

• Greek

• Chinese

• British

• French

Multiple Choice

TRUE or FALSE? The US was facing an economic downturn in the 1870s and 1880s which led to high unemployment

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

Which of the following were part of the Exclusion Act

• Chinese men couldn't marry white women

• Chinese immigration was heavily restricted

• American-Born Chinese were denied citizenship

• all of the options

RESISTANCE TO IMMIGRATION

“Looking Backwards”, the controversial cartoon from Puck Magazine, was
published on January 11, 1893. Composed by the founder of Puck Magazine
himself, Joseph Keppler, created the cartoon that portrays the arguable rights of
foreign visitors, also referred to as immigrants. The image represents an immigrant
who has stepped off of a ship and entered into a foreign land and greeted with
a generous “goodbye”, by those who once were in his position and are now
successful.

Behind the figures that rejected the newcomer, are shadows of themselves being
casted as they were once immigrants, too. The successful Americans, being former
immigrants, are setting out multiple laws and restrictions against foreigners who
want to enter the land with such things as fees, required permits, medical tests and
additional mandatories. The ironic situation portrayed through the cartoon signifies
the hypocritical actions Americans are trying to take to carry out stricter
immigration policies for immigrants, without acknowledging the obvious fact that
they were once immigrants themselves.

Multiple Choice

According to this map, which state likely had the highest percentage of immigrants in 1890?

HInt.. you will need to look at the key to see what each color represents.

• Virginia (VA)

• Michigan (MI)

• Missouri (MO)

• California (CA)

Multiple Choice

Based on the information in this graph, why did immigration increase rapidly between 1895 and 1905?

• Railroad construction created jobs for immigrants.

• Cheap land prices in the West attracted immigrant farmers.

• Industrial growth provided factory jobs for immigrants.

• World War I caused immigrants to flee Europe.

Multiple Choice

Approximately how many immigrants come to the U.S. from Europe between 1865-1914

• 25 million

• 10 million

• 40 million

• 11 million

Multiple Choice

What is the best definition of Nativism?

• When Native Americans are discriminated against.

• the belief that immigrants are inferior to others.

• When immigrants are recruited from overseas

• When immigrants choose to live in areas with people like them.

Multiple Choice

"Little Italy" and "Chinatown" are examples of

• Ghettos

• Tenements

• Ethnic cities (enclaves)

• Islands

Multiple Choice

Most immigrants who came to America settled in large cities because

• cities protected immigrants

• that is where jobs and affordable housing was available

• no farmland was left

• Life was easier for them

IMMIGRATION & POLITICS

❖ Political Machines: Tightly

organized groups of politicians
that controlled the political
parties in urban areas

➢

Headed by a “boss”

➢

Controlled access to jobs &
business licenses and influenced
the courts & other agencies

➢

Provided support to businesses,
immigrants, & the poor in
exchange for votes on election
day

“BOSS” TWEED”

➢

Between 1868 and 1871,
“Boss” Tweed led the Tweed
Ring, a group of corrupt
politicians, in defrauding the
city

➢

One scheme involved billing
New York taxpayers $13
million on a construction job
that only cost $3 million

➢

Tweed and his friends
pocketed about $10 million

➢

Was arrested for fraud and
extortion in 1871

❖ Became the head of Tammany

Hall, New York’s powerful
Democratic political machine, in
1868

As you are watching the video, use your notebook to sort through the positive and negative aspects of a political machine like Boss Tweed.

Multiple Choice

Political machines were created in cities in an effort to gain the votes of___________

• immigrants

• women

• men

• industrial workers

Multiple Choice

How did political machines get the support of immigrants?

• They promised to stop illegal immigration from Latin America

• They helped them gain citizenship

• They wasted money on military spending

• They developed a system to make becoming a citizen easier

Multiple Choice

Why are political machines an example of corruption in the Gilded Age?

• They made sure unions could not protect workers from management

• They forced immigrants into the US from Latin America

• They took control of city governments and stole millions of dollars from the cities

• They prevented immigrants from being Americanized

Multiple Choice

How did political machines get the support of immigrants?

• they promised to stop illegal immigration from Latin America

• They wasted money on military spending

• They helped them find homes and jobs in exchange for votes

• They developed a system to make becoming a citizen easier

Multiple Choice

What was the main reason for the rise of political machines?

• They bribed police officers to ignore crimes

• Nativists rigged elections in their favor

• Forced unions to keep factories open to low skilled workers

• Cities were overcrowded and couldn't get basic services

Multiple Choice

The most famous political machine was Tammany Hall in New York lead by-

• Bill the Butcher

• Andrew Carnegie

• William "Boss" Tweed

• John D Rockefeller

Multiple Choice

During the Gilded Age cities were being controlled by groups of corrupt politicians known as-

• Robber Barons

• Political Machines

• Political Cartels

• Tenement Busters

Multiple Choice

What were the very top leaders of political machines called?

• precinct captains

• ward boss

• City boss

• lieutenants

Multiple Choice

In the late nineteenth century, the "bosses" of urban political machines often________________.

• accepted bribes in return for favors

• wasted money on military spending

• denied voting rights to the poor

• descrimated againts migrant workers

Multiple Choice

What part of the country did political machines control?

• Urban (city) governments

• Rural (country) governments

• The U.S. federal government

Do you think “Boss” Tweed is a HERO or VILLAIN in history? Why?

“BOSS” TWEED

Arguments for HERO:

Arguments for VILLAIN:

Open Ended

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