Life of an immigrant

Immigration Simulation

What are the countries of origin?

Early Immigration Late 19th

EnglishGermanDutchFrench

ChinaJapanItalyIrelandGermanyPoland

Where would you enter the U.S.?

West CoastAngel Island

East CoastEllis Island

Angel IslandLong detentions 3wks-2yrsInterrogation

What kind of feet does your mother have?  Unbound.

How large is Lim Mee Village?  About 40 houses.

Which way does the village face?  North Who lives in the fourth house, second

row (of your village)?  Yee Soo Loy. What family has he?  Natural-footed

wife; two boys and two girls. Filthy buildings

Ellis IslandDetained for a day or two2% were deniedMedical examProvide documentsProve they had money

What conditions awaited you?Angel IslandDiscrimination

Forced to segregated part of townJobs: railroads and mining

Dangerous Slave labor levels

What conditions awaited you?Ellis IslandCooperation for Survival

Neighborhoods?Neighborhoods based on ethnicity

Home?Poor Tenement building

Job?Factory work, railroads, crime

How do we make these people Americans?

Mixing bowl Melting Pot

Keeping down the numbersChinese Exclusion Act

1882Banned entry for Chinese except for

StudentsTeachersTouristsMerchantsGovernment OfficialsChildren of citizens

1892 extended for 10 more years

Keeping down the numbersGentleman’s Agreement

1906 San Francisco segregated Japanese students in school

1907 President Roosevelt Repeal of the order Japan restricts unskilled emigration

Who can help?Fellow ImmigrantsTammany Hall & Boss Tweed

JobsHousingFood

In exchange or votes

What did Tammany hall get with votes?PowerCorruption

GraftingKick Backs

What was your job like?

Women

Children

Who else would be at your job?Men

Large Mills & FactoriesWomen

Garments & textiles Children

Mining & factories Inexpensive labor

AssessmentIf you were an American during the Gilded

Age, how would you feel about these issues?