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Immigrants

Gilded Age

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Where were Old Immigrants from? Northern/ Western Europe, went to East Coast & Midwest
Where were New Immigrants from? Southern/Eastern Europe, millions came over
Were Chinese immigrants considered new immigrants no due to racism
Percentage of immigrants or children of immigrants in NYC... 4/5
Once immigrants got to NYC, what happened? physical exam at Ellis Island (opened in 1892)
Where did immigrants w money go? Chicago & midwest, poor stayed in Philly & NYC
Which immigrants never intended to stay permanently Italians and Chinese but rarely went back, only 1/2 Italians went back
How many immigrants lived in tenements in one city block in NYC? 2000-4000
Who was Jacob Riss? journalist that took photos of poor people to show how they lived in cities, also blamed Italians for crime
Why didn't Italians send children to school to learn English? They thought children would separate from culture/family
Why did Jews come to America? Russians burning villages - pogroms
Jewish immigrants experiences 1. Lower East Side NYC- started synagogues, newspapers 2. 3 or 4 per room 3. children went to school 4. no jewish doctors/lawyers 5. had many skills - cobblers, butchers, carpenters
Where did Chinese Immigrants go San Francisco
What banned Chinese from entering the US Chinese exclusion act of 1882
What happened in 1906 for Chinese immigrants 1. earthquake destroyed birth records 2. Chinese lied & said they were native born so family & friends could come over 3. 1 in 10 sent back 4. opened laundries, weren't allowed in factories
Did Mexican immigrants need passports? no, could enter freely
Who did Mexican workers replace chinese
Why did employers love Mexican Immigrants? worked for low pay, but hated by nativists
Nativist fears 1. loss of jobs, political power, culture 2. disease, overpopulation
Nativist beliefs 1. hate immigrants & catholics 2. "Know Nothing" aka American party 3. wanted literacy tests for voters 4. National Origins Act (1924) - immigration quote for Southern/Eastern Europe
Which group took worst housing Italians bc thought stay was temp
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