Immigration and Urbanization Read and take notes on pages 113 - 127
Key terms:
immigrant
ethnic
nativism
tenement
political machine
party boss
graft
Social Darwinism
Americanization
Notes on Immigration:
Why did immigrants come to America? Look for reasons that immigrants left their "old" country (push) and reasons they wanted to come to America (pull).
Ellis Island
Angel Island
What were the similarities and differences between these two areas?
Define "nativism" and explain how it grew at this time.
Describe the Chinese Exclusion Act.
How was the immigration experience different for Asians than Europeans?
Examine the map on page 117.
What are some specific pattern that you see about where the immigrants came from and where they settled?
What were the two largest groups of immigrants?
October 28 and 29
ASSIGNMENT: Writing assignment...5 paragraph essay using the following documents. Answer the question:
‘Why did Americans pass the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act?’
Document A: Anti-Chinese Play, 1879
If this document were your ONLY piece of evidence, how would you answer
the question: ‘Why did Americans pass the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act?’
Source: The page above comes from a play called “The Chinese Must Go:” A
Farce in Four Acts by Henry Grimm, published in San Francisco, 1879. In just
the first page, you will be able to see many of the common stereotypes of
Document B: Political Cartoon, 1871
If this document were your ONLY piece of evidence, how would you answer
the question: ‘Why did Americans pass the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act?’ 
Source: The cartoon was drawn by Thomas Nast for Harper’s Weekly, a
Northern magazine. In this cartoon, we see Columbia, the feminine symbol of
the United States, protecting a Chinese man against a gang of Irish and
German thugs. At the bottom it says "Hands off-Gentlemen! America
means fair play for all men."
The following link is two more documents to use as comparison.
https://www.scribd.com/doc/98143286/Chinese-Immigration-and-Exclusion-ORIGINAL-DOCUMENTS
AFTER you have examined and taken notes on all of the documents, begin writing your essay. Yes, grammar, spelling, punctuation, and neatness count.
You should treat this as a DBQ and use information from all documents. Be sure to cite the documents as you use them.
Describe immigrant life in America.
Explain Political Machines.
