THEY’RE
COMING TO AMERICA
Section 1; Chapter 7
I. Ellis Island in New York and
Angel Island in San Francisco
II. Types of Immigrants
A.
_______________:from England, Ireland, France, Germany and Scandinavia
(White
Protestants, Used to Constitutional Govt., Assimilated nicely)
B.
_______________:from Greece, Poland, Russia, Italy, Slavic States, Turkey
(Found
assimilation difficult, Brought new set of political ideas, New Religious ideas,
Different cultural values)
Immigrants were
either Permanent-
OR
Migrant-
A.
Native born Americans were __________________ and ________________ of
Immigrants.
B.
Anti-Immigrant attitudes or _______________, became apparent.
1. _____________saw competition in cheaper labor.
2. ______________saw illiterate hordes.
3. ______________saw
Peasants unfamiliar with Democracy.
4. ______________saw
Peasants as being ______________.
IV. Americans developed_________________________: a hatred
or fear of foreigners or
strangers. They would even __________________.
V. Fear of Americans led to a law called the ______________________ which
stopped Chinese immigration to the states.
VI. In San Francisco, the local school board segregated Japanese
children. This was lifted after
President Theodore Roosevelt created the
Gentleman's Agreement which___________
___________________________________.
VII. New Immigrants forged new lives with Religion and Education
A.
Immigrants faced world vastly different from the one they left.
1. __________________
2. __________________
3. _______________________
B. Most Immigrants settled in America’s growing cities.
1. __________was MUCH in demand
2. Many
native-born Americans saw their country as a ______________
in which people of different cultures would abandoned their own ways
and blend together.
3. Immigrants tried to balance _________ and _________ customs
a. Spoke same____________
b. Read same_____________
c.
Practiced own____________
C. Immigrant Associations Sprang UP
1. Polish National Alliance
2. Housing Works