Our Immigration Project

Our Immigration Project

By Jordan McSwain and Haily Waldo

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Irish Immigrants• Irish Immigrants lived in tenements that had

one bed and about four people in the house and they had one bathroom on each floor.

• People had to check the Irish (at Ellis Island) before they entered the United States.

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Irish Immigrants• When the Irish came to the

United states they brought us St. Patrick’s Day. Irish were instrumental in the labor union movement.

• Many Irish immigrated to the USA because of the Potato Famine. There were many Irish starving in Ireland.

• The US represented a land of opportunity.

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Chinese immigrants• Not all Chinese Immigrants

came into the United States until 1848 and they got a nick name from California called Gold Mountain. Also Chinese had American high fashion.

• -The Chinese Exclusion Act and the Chinese could not go to the United States until the act was over.

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Chinese Immigrants

• Chinese brought rice and chicken and other Chinese food and they also brought us Chinese clothing and also other stuff too.

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Thank you! The End!