immigration Flashcards
what did #1 in manufactoring cause
gorwth of cities, influx of immigrants, jobs
what were the immigration restrcition efforts
immigration act of 1882
foreign alien contract labor act 185
payson act
immigration act of 1882
barred entry to lunatics, idiots, and persons likely to become public charge
foreign alien contract labor act
forbade all contracts to prepay or assist immigrants passage to US
artists, actors, domestic servants, and skilled laborers excepted
americans still allowed to help relatives or personal friends
payson act
barred only aliens from owning lands in the territories
old immigrant
came with their families from germany, england, etc and assimilated and settled on farms
new immigrant
signle men from italy or other lived in neighborhood in city slums with each ohter and worked in factories
jacob riis did what
raised awareness about immigrants being unable to raise their children bc their uneducated and poor
eugenics
33 states passed forced sterilization laws
nativism
immigrants blamed for evils of urban, industrial america
conservatives claimed they were labor radicals
unions as strikebreakers
unsanitary
racially inferior
race suicide
immigration act of 191
ellis island is made
provided deportation of aliencs who entered illegally or became public charges
issues with immigration
too much stuff, not enough space
unsanitary
children roaming streets
crime on rise, no full time police
who did ellis island exclude
sick people and polygamists