America S Age of Immigration

Name ______Class ______America’s Age of Immigration

Directions: Complete the guided notes and activities below as we discuss immigration to the United States in the late 19th century.

Why Immigrants Came?  List two push factors that contributed to the arrival of immigrants: -

 List two pull factors that contributed to the arrival of immigrants: -

- Old Immigrants:  Came to the United States ______1885  Processed at Castle Garden

 Came from ______and ______Europe  Examples: Britain, Ireland, Germany

New Immigrants:  Came to the United States ______1885  Processed at Ellis Island

 Came from ______and ______Europe  Examples: Russia, Italy, Poland ------The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus 1) Who wrote this poem that appears on the Statue of Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, Liberty? With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand

A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name 2) Explain what the author means by the quote “Give Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command yearning to breathe free.”

The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame. "Keep ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,

The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" Ellis Island

 At ______, the immigrants arrived to be processed and inspected

 Often only ______family member could afford to leave their home country for the USA

 The average trip to the United States cost ______, and the trip took an average of ______weeks

Upon Arrival

 Immigrants settled in ______- they often lacked money to go elsewhere and took many of the factory jobs in the cities

Hardships:

 Some Americans, called ______, sought to limit immigration and preserve the country for native-born Americans

 Nativists feared that immigrants:

o Would not know how to take part in ______

o Would take ______away

o Would not ______into American culture

 ______Exclusion Act: 1882 act that barred Chinese ______from entering the United States 1) Who is portrayed in this cartoon?

2) How is this person portrayed?

3) Explain the cartoonists’ overall message.