Monday
- Between 1870 and 1920, 20 million Europeans came to US
- Map of the “old” and “new” immigrants
- Were most people came from
- Steps to America
- 1-Leaving home
- It was common for one person from a family to come to America first
- They would save to eventually bring others
- 1-Leaving home
- 2-On board the ship
- A ticket cost $30
- Three types of accommodations-first class, second class and steerage
- Only steerage passengers were processed at Ellis Island
- Larger ships could hold from 1,500 to 2,000 immigrants, netting a profit of $45,000 to $60,000 for a single one-way trip
- About 10% of the people died (darkness, smelling and overcrowded)
- Crossing the Atlantic could take anywhere from a week to more than a month, depending on the ship and weather
- They would play cards, sing, dance, …
- 3-Inspection
- Passengers were inspected for contagious diseases such as cholera, plague, smallpox, typhoid fever, yellow fever, scarlet fever, measles and diphtheria
- If immigrants had any of the diseases they would be deported
- In total, about 20% of those arriving at Ellis Island were detained for medical treatment or a legal hearing
- 80% were free to go after only a few hours
- Only 2% of the immigrants seeking refuge in America would fail to be admitted
- 4-Beyond Ellis or Angel Island
- Videos
- As they left Ellis Island, the next stop was the Money Exchange
- Cashiers exchanged paper money, from countries all over Europe, for American dollars
- Then it was off to New York City or the railroad ticket office to go anywhere in the country that they wanted
Tuesday
- Finishing the slides of Monday
- Talking about the arrival at Ellis Island
- Angel Island
- Japanese, Chinese, people from Latin America and Russia
- Immigrants were disliked because they took jobs, kept wages low, had a different culture and racism
- Chinese Exclusion Act-1882
- Banned all Chinese immigration to the US from 1882-1902
- Cartoons
- Gentleman’s Agreement-1907
- Informal agreement between the US and Japan
- The goal was to reduce tensions between the US and Japan-Discuss Russo-Japanese War and School segregation
- Japan agreed not to issue passports for Japanese citizens wishing to work in the continental US
- The US agreed to accept the presence of Japanese immigrants already living in the US and permit the immigration of wives, children and parents and end legal discrimination against Japanese-American children in California schools
Wednesday
- Pictures about the Japanese Exclusion
- Why did cities grow so fast?
- Immigrants
- Farmers moved to the city
- African-Americans moved to the cities
- Cities offered more jobs and opportunities
- Cities offered more entertainment
- Growth of major US cities
- Problems in the city
- Cramped, old, dirty housing-tenements
- Lack of good transportation
- Lack of safe drinking water
- Disease was common
- Streets were filthy
- Crimes
- Fires
- Poverty due to low pay at work
- Jacob Riis
- Video/ Article “How the other part lives”
- Pictures of the part of the town where the poor immigrants lived
Thursday
- Didn’t need to take notes
Friday
No school
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