APRIL 23Immigration

Add the following words to your Essential Vocabulary:

USE Your America Textbook to define…… Capitalism-Privately owned businesses;

compete in free market for profit. Socialism- Gov’t or people on means of

production. Anarchism –Gov’t is wrong and not even

necessary Communism-No private property or class

system.

Triangle Shirt Waist-Check Homework

1. What three things shock or surprise you most about this event?

2. Who was the average employee at the Traingle Shirtwaist Factory?

3. Do you think the owners of the factory were to blame for the deaths of the workers? Why or why not?

4. What changes would you make to factory conditions to prevent a similar disaster from occurring?

The New Colossus

“…From her beacon-handGlows world-wide welcome; her mild

eyes commandThe air-bridged harbor that twin cities

frame."Keep ancient lands, your storied

pomp!" cries sheWith 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!’”-Emma Lazarus, 1883

(the first 4 lines are missing from this excerpt)

Ellis Island, NY

From 1892 to 1954, over twelve million immigrants entered the United States through the portal of Ellis Island.

First federal immigration station in U.S. (1890; designated by Pres. Benjamin Harrison).

Prior to this, states handled immigration individually.

Ellis Island In its first year, Ellis Island processed almost 450,000 immigrants.

Immigrants waited hours and went through a series of “tests” to gain entry

Step 2:The Exam As you walked up the

entry steps to the Great Hall, the doctors looked at you to see if you had problems breathing or if you were limping.

Letters were put on those w/ “problems”.

L = lameness PG = pregnant X in a circle definite

mental illness X= possible mental

illness

Waiting For

Process Agents Remind

you of anything?

Medical Exam Continued Next, doctors

rolled back your eyelids with a button hook or their fingers.

Checked for a disease called trachoma (causes you to go blind and is contagious.)

The buttonhooks were rarely, if ever, sterilized.

More Waiting…

Step 3: Legal Exam

Last step was the legal exam. They were asked about 30 questions in 2 minutes. Questions like: What is your name? Do you have any relatives

here? Do you have a criminal

record? Have you ever been to the

United States before? You had to pass these questions and be able to give $25 US dollars to finally make it into America.

More waiting…

The Kissing Post On passing all of

their tests, the immigrants would be reunited at the “Kissing Post”.

There was a lot of kissing (and thanking God).

They would then go onto trains, boats, or buses for their trip into New York City, Philadelphia, Boston, or elsewhere.

Heartbreak… and Exile Those who

failed the medical exam were at best Quarantined.

At worst rejected…

Those who failed the legal exam were immediately rejected.

Heartbreak… and Exile Those who

failed the medical exam were at best Quarantined.

At worst rejected…

Those who failed the legal exam were immediately rejected.

These men were

considered “radicals”, and were awaiting the next

boat back home

What they had to look forward to

Most immigrants came to the country with little or no resources.

Many were taken advantage of in slums, sweatshops and low wage, back-breaking labor

Welcome Home…

Sweatshops: few opportunities for women

No money = tight quarters Sweatshops

weren’t just places of employment.

Workers often slept in the exact spot where they toiled all day

How does (did) immigration affect the United States?

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: