Immigration in the Industrial Age

Where did most immigrants live? 

• Most lived in farming communities

• Most lived in the suburbs

• Most lived in big cities

• Most lived around lakes

Give examples of immigrant "push" factors.

• Promise of a better life

• War or religious persecution

• Religious Freedom

• Religious Freedom

Where did immigrants in the West work?

• Factories, Industries

• Ranches

• Farms, Railroad, Mines

• Schools, Offices, Businesses

Where did  many immigrants in the East work?

• Fisherman

• Ranches

• Farms

• Factories

 Immigration  pull factors are…

• reasons people come to a new place

• reasons people leave their homelands

• reasons people begin working

• reasons people stop working

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CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

An attitude of resentment and superiority toward foreign born people

• Racism

• Elitism

• Nativism

• Discrimination

Immigrant processing center near New York, which processed mostly European Immigrants.  (Hint: Statue of Liberty)

• Ellis Island

• Angel Island

• San Francisco

• Sicily

What forced the Irish Immigrants to come to the United States

• Persecution

• Russians

• Religious Freedom

• Potato Famine

What made the Chinese come to the United States

• Violence and War

• Peace and happiness in China

Which statement describes the experience of most new immigrants to the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries?

• They were highly respected and treated as equals of other American citizens. 

• They were looked upon as inferior and discriminated against.

• They learned English and assimilated quickly into American culture. 

• They found quick success in farming their own lands in the south.