Powerpoints:
Ch. 7.1:
Why did immigrants come to the US?
-to work!
-built railroads
-better life
-escape famine
-land shortages
-persectution
-rising population
-gold rushh
-jobs were scarce
Where did immigrants come from?
-Western / Northern Europe
-Italy, Austria-Hungary and Russia
-Chinese
-Came from Mexico
(all over world)
What problems/issues did immigrants face on the trip over and once they got here?
-in small confined areas
-some died before got here
-lice infested beds
-disease spread quickly
-had to proove hadnt commited a crime
-had to pass physical exam
-had to go through harsh questioning
-long detention in filthy buildings
-had to find a job
-different languages
Why did some people want to put restriction on immigration? What were those restrictions?
-taking jobs from them
-Immigration Restriction Leage: limit of immigration
-objected their religious beliefs
-American Protective Assoct.
-had to take literacy tests
-thought all the jobs would go to other immigrants (chinese)
-Chinese Exclusion Act banned Chinese but was repealed in 1943 (rasict reasons)
-Gentlemens agreement: seperated Japense children from American children - put in seperate schools
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