Tuesday, January 6th - Period 6 Lesson 5

Open Ended

Why was the Populist Party formed in the 1890s and which group of Americans primarily supported it?

• Old Immigration

  • From northern and western Europe prior to the 1890s

• New Immigration

  • From southern and eastern Europe during the 1890s-1920s

  • Did not assimilate as well as old immigrants

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​Immigration in the Late 1800s

• Assimilation

  • Process by which immigrants and minority groups were absorbed into the dominant culture of a society

• Ellis Island​

  • New York Harbor (1892-1954)

  • Inspection station for immigrants

​Immigration in the Late 1800s

​Getting Here Map Activity

1. Go to earth.google.com

2. Search the following locations - Asia, Angel Island Tiburon CA, Europe, Ellis Island, Statue of Liberty

3. If you were immigrating from Asia which immigration office are you being processed through? From Europe?

• American Protective Association

  • Created by nativists to lobby Congress to pass laws restricting immigration

• Chinese Exclusion Act

  • Law passed by Congress that prohibited Chinese immigration - 10 years

​Nativism in the Late 1800s

• Tenements

  • Neighborhoods established in major cities based on race, ethnicity, or class

  • Many immigrant/poorer sections & neighborhoods

  • Run-down and overcrowded

  • Rampant disease

  • lack of water/sanitation

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​Urbanization

Increasing Urbanization Map

Click the Link Below and play the illustration to see the urbanization of the United States between 1790-1890.

Urbanization Map

1. Use the political cartoon to answer the first 6 questions.

2. Use the chart to answer the 1 question.

3. Using critical thinking skills to answer the question at the bottom.

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Packet/Wkbk - pg. 58

Open Ended

Exit Ticket Question:

Read an excerpt from a poem below which is inscribed on the Statue of Liberty to help you answer the question.

The New Colossus - Emma Lazarus (11/2/1883)

"...Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand a mighty woman with a torch...and her name Mother of Exiles....Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free."

1.) Explain how the idea of Nativism is contrary to the ideas expressed in the poem on the Statue of LIberty.