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Four Major Waves Colonial Immigration Antebellum Immigration Gilded Age Immigration Modern Immigration Each wave has similarities and differences
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Stages of Immigration
Focus QuestionList five reasons for people to
move from one place to another. Explain which is the best reason to move.
Four Major WavesColonial ImmigrationAntebellum ImmigrationGilded Age ImmigrationModern Immigration
Each wave has similarities and differences
Colonial Immigration1650 through 1800Largely from the British Isles and
AfricaSought freedom and landFaced difficulties
◦Border warfare withNative Americans
◦Carving home fromwilderness
Antebellum Immigration1835-1860Largely from Germany and
Ireland◦Came seeking liberty, land, and work
Faced discrimination and poverty
Gilded Age Immigration1870-1920Largely Southern and Eastern
Europe and AsiaCame seeking work and freedom
◦Faced discrimination, culture shock, poverty
Modern Immigration1970 through todayLargely came from Latin America,
Africa, and AsiaCome largely seeking freedom
and workFace discrimination
Gilded Age Immigration“New Immigrants”Tended to settle in the cities
◦Drawn to the industrial jobs of the period
◦Lacked funds to purchaseland elsewhere
Ellis IslandMajor immigration processing
center on the East Coast12 million from
1892 to 1954Angel Island on
the Pacific
Culture ShockLives of Immigrants turned
around◦Move from the farms to the factory◦Move from the country to
an urban world◦Move away from familiar
customs and languages to a new world
Coping MechanismsSettle in Immigrant
NeighborhoodsForm attachments to “national”
churchesForm ethnic solidarity clubsFind the familiar in the chaos of
the new
Faced DiscriminationRising tensions with “Old
Immigrants” and Native-bornPromoted Immigration restriction
◦Chinese Exclusion Act of 1880◦Alien Land Laws◦“Gentlemen’s Agreement” with
Japan
National Origins Act of 1924Set up immigration quotasSet at 2% of the ethnicity’s
population from 1890◦Designed to limit immigration from
“undesirable” countries◦Promoted by “eugenicists”