Far & Away
• Why did Shannon and Joseph come to America?
• Describe Boston, what impressions did the video leave with you?
• Describe the living and working conditions depicted in the video.
• Entertainment?• Who was the “boss” what was his role?
Read “An Immigrant’s” Story
• Why do people migrate?
• Today?
• Why did people migrate in the 1800’s and early 1900’s in such big numbers? Are they the same reasons?
What is immigration?
Immigration is the movement of people from
one country or region to another in order to
make a new home.
Salad Bowl Theory
Melting Pot Theory
What is an immigrant?
An immigrant is a person who moves fromone country or region to another in order
tomake a new home.
Picture from: http://www.hmongstudies.org/HmongCulturalCenterESLProgramPhotos05.html
Push: Need to leave in order to survive.
Pull: Attracted to new way of life.
Immigration to US 1820-2000
0
1,000,000
2,000,000
3,000,000
4,000,000
5,000,000
6,000,000
7,000,000
8,000,000
9,000,000
10,000,000
1820
-30
1831
-40
1841
-50
1851
-60
1861
-70
1871
-80
1881
-90
1891
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1901
-10
1911
-20
1921
-30
1931
-40
1941
-50
1951
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1961
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1971
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1981
-90
1991
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Period Total1820-30 151,8241831-40 599,1251841-50 1,713,2511851-60 2,598,2141861-70 2,314,8241871-80 2,812,1911881-90 5,246,6131891-00 3,687,5641901-10 8,795,3861911-20 5,735,8111921-30 4,107,2091931-40 528,4311941-50 1,035,0391951-60 2,515,4791961-70 3,321,6771971-80 4,493,3141981-90 7,338,0621991-00 9,095,417
This chart and table show the number of immigrants that came to the United States from 1820-2000. What three time periods experienced the highest number of immigrants?Source of data: Immigration and Naturalization Service, US Department of Justice
Immigration to the United States 1820-
2000
1820-1880 Main Sources of Immigration
• In this period of time almost 10.2 million immigrants came to the United States
• The main countries the immigrants came from were in Northern and Western Europe
• “Old Immigrants”
1820-1880 Main Sources of Immigration
The three main countries that immigrantscame from in 1820-1880
Germany 3.0 million
1820-1880 Main Sources of Immigration
The three main countries that immigrantscame from in 1820-1880
Ireland 2.8 million
1820-1880 Main Sources of Immigration
The three main countries that immigrantscame from in 1820-1880
United Kingdom 1.9 million
Main Sources of Immigration 1881-1920
• In this period of time almost 23.5 million immigrants came to the United States
• The main countries the immigrants came from were in Southern and Eastern Europe
• New Immigrants
Main Sources of Immigration 1881-1920
Austria Hungary 4.0 million (Austria and Hungary are now separate countries. The maps below show
each of them)
Austria Hungary
Main Sources of immigrants from in 1881-1920
Soviet Union 4.0 million The Union of the Soviet Social Social Republics (Soviet Union) was formed in 1917 and ended in 1991. The 15 states of the Soviet Union are now each their own country which are shown on this map. They are Russia, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldava.
Foreign Born Population, Top Countries of Origin 1920
Foreign Born Population, Top Countries of Origin 1920
12.111.6
10.1
8.2 8.2 8.2
7.5
4.54.1
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2
4
6
8
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Percentage of foreign born population from each country
Source of data: Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce
Foreign Born Population, Top Countries of Origin 1960
Source of data: Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce
Foreign Born Population, Top Countries of Origin 1960
12.9
10.29.8
7.9 7.77.1
5.9
3.53.1
2.5
0
2
4
6
8
10
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Percentage of foreign born population from each country
Foreign Born Population, Top Countries of Origin 2000
Source of data: Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce
Foreign Born Population, Top Countries of Origin 2000
27.6
4.3 3.8 3.5 3.4 3 2.7 2.5 2.4 2.4
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10
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Percentage of foreign born population from each country
Ellis Island
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