the pullmAN COmpany strike bruing the panic of 1893 and the depression 3000 ppl got laid off and wages were cut less than 6 dolars a week 1894 strike begain the aru started boycott the trains strikers fired and never could work agian there women oranizations women had powerful leaders mary harris jones was the most prominet oranizer in womens labor organized united mine workers in 1903 sge was exposed the cruitels she contuied fighting tell she dies ppl at a workers place were e all traped in a building on fire yellow do contract workers contoiued the work cant join a union if signed the contracted
73 new imagrants
better life
religous freedome land work food gold
1870 -1929 million europeans
religous persicution and the rising population bad goverment
chinese and japenses 1851 -1883 300000 chinese cxcame for gold helped build railroads many japense had work in hawi before
west india and mexico 1880 -1920 setteld in east ajnd south east left for political rights and things like that
life in teh new land started comeing on steam ships across from alantice ocen from europe
pacific crossing asis traveld steerage down by the storage poor conditions
most died couldnt go out not alot of food thaought it was really good
ellis island alll types of ingrants had to go to ellis isladn from ship 1900 1914 ppl went through
passafge quato from the ship national act of 1924
1925-1954 was opend then it closed in 1954
angel isalnd maily aisans longer hard process procedure worked harder barakcks slept in them 1910-1940 many asians came through
coupration for survail native languages culter pooled mponey to build buliding
formed soical socities
founded oraphangeds
learend and kept culatre dislike imagrans
many of thouse should melt in to soxiety many didnt though
nativism hatred to imagrants some imms favored bristsh geram and scandiciain
some hated religion more than ethinic
omagration restications league passed a bill in 1897 that all had to read 40 words on english
many west cost were affraid they were going to take jobs chineses were banned from 1882 to atleast 1942 japanes almost got the same treatment but they fought back and kept coming
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