East Coat
What is the processing center called that is located on the east coast across from New York and Manhattan?
Ellis Island
What is the immigration processing center called that is located in San Francisco?
Angel Island
Why did people from Mexico Immigrate to the United States?
What are tenements?
apartments
Gentlemen's Agreement
Japan's gov agreed to limit the amount of unskilled workers sent to the US in exchanged for desegregating San Francisco schools -Teddy R vs Emperor
What ethnic populations used this processing center
Any peoples from Europe or Africa - Britian, Germany, France, etc
What ethnic populations used this processing center
China, Japan, and India. Asian countries.
What jobs did Mexicans do in the US?
manual laborers, cattle herders, cartmen
What are row houses
houses that shared one wall.
townhomes
What was the Chinese Exclusion Act?
did not allow immigration from China for about 40 years
Who were the desirable immigrants to use this processing center? They're also known as the "old immigrants"
Britain, Germany, etc,
How long did most immigrants have to spend at this processing center?
weeks, months, years
They had to answer more questions
What are the greaser laws?
allowed any unemployed Mexican to be charged and imprisoned for Vagrancy.
What is a settlements house?
-education, culture, social services
Americanization movement
designed to assimilate people in the area, specifically relating to immigrants blending into Amercian culture...speak the language, dress like Americans, "blend into society"
Who are the undesirable immigrants who used this processing center?
Poland, Slavs, Italy - southeastern and southwestern europe
Why did Chinese people come to the US?
The California Gold rush
What were the Sunday laws?
banned cultural gatherings in Mexican-American communities
Who founded Hull House?
Jane Addams
Ethnic
Germans, Italians, Russians...etc. -all different sub groups of ethnic populations
How long did most immigrants have to spend at this processing center?
3-7 hours to one day
How was processing at this immigration center different than at the east coast immigration center?
It took weeks, months, years to enter the country
They had to have an American Witness to vouch for them
What kinds of discrimination did they face in the US?
land was taken away
legal - didn't work
"las Garras Blancas" -violence, didn't work
What is urbanization?
the rapid growth of cities, increase in population
offered services (houses, jobs, learn to speak English) in exchange for votes
-Boss Tweed ran Tammany Hall in New York City for the Democratic Party (modern day Republican party)