21st-Century Benefits
What is the benefit of immigration for the economy?
Immigration stimulates economic growth.
Why did Mexican immigrants leave Mexico?
Mexican Revolution/Civil War (1910-1921)
Why did Chinese immigrants leave China?
Taiping Rebellion (1850-64)
Why did Japanese immigrants leave Japan?
To escape high taxes.
After 1892, what was the final point of passage for European immigrants?
Ellis Island
What were the five consequences of the new immigrantion for American society?
Diversified American society, accelarated industrialization, weakened the labor union movement, promoted school reforms, and revived nativism.
What did immigration look like from 1607-1960s?
80% of immigrants came from Europe.
What are the three specific benefits of immigration?
Keeps the population young, more entrepreneurial, and more innovative.
What jobs did Mexican immigrants primarily have?
Farm/ranch work, railroads, and mining.
What jobs did Chinese immigrants primarily have?
Mining and railroads
What jobs did Japanese immigrants primarily have?
Many Japanese immigrants became land-owning family farmers.
Was America’s immigration policy restrictive?
No.
What impact did immigrants have on the Industrial Revolution and why?
Immigrants made the Industrial Revolution possible by being the majority of the industrial labor force.
What does immigration look like from 1960s-Now?
80% of immigrants have come from Latin America/Asia.
How much more likely are immigrants to start a business?
2X
How many Mexican immigrants made up California's farm workers?
75% of California farm workers.
What happened when Chinese immigrants attempted to join in manufacturing jobs?
In the 1870s, there was economic depression which led to violent anti-Chinese riots/movement to exclude them from these jobs.
True or False: Children of Japanese immigrants were worse educated than the national average.
False.
How many European immigrants were accepted at Ellis Island?
Accepted 97% of European immigrants (1892-1914)
Did immigrants weaken or strengthen America's industrial labor movement? For what reasons?
Immigrants weakened the industrial labor movement. They led to lower wages, made workers replaceable by working as strikebackers, immigrants were less interested in joining labor unions, and the labor force was kept ethnically divided.
What are the top two countries of origin for foreign-born Americans today?
Mexico and India
How many Silicon Valley companies have immigrants (co)founded?
1/2
What discrimination did Mexican immigrants face?
Segregated schools, poll taxes, and 600 were lynched.
What discrimination did Chinese immgrants face?
The Chinese Exclusion Act (1882-1943), Chinese immigrants were made ineligible for U.S. citizenship, Housing/School segregation (Chinatowns), and they were excluded from manufacturing jobs/farm labor.
What discrimination did Japanese immigrants face?
The U.S. banned Japanese immigration (1924), made Japanese immigrants ineligible for U.S. citizenship, and they and their children were excluded from white professions.
What was the purpose of Ellis Island?
To keep out "undesirables".
What was nativism and what policy did it help create?
A political campaign to end New Immigration. Led to the National Origins Act (1924).
Which countries are in third and foruth place for countries of origin for foreign-born Americans today?
China and the Philippines
Why is it helpful economic-wise to have younger populations?
The younger population is in their productive years as workers, consumers, and tax payers.
Mexican immigrants migrated to ________ during World War One
Industrial cities
What else was illegal for Chinese immigrants?
Racial Intermarriage, testifying against white people, and landownership in California
What advantage did American-born children of Asian immigrants have that their parents did not?
American-born children of Asian immigrants were born citizens. (14th Amendment)
Who were considered "undesirables"?
Criminals, political radicals, those with contagious diseases, those with mental defect or mental disease, and prostitutes.
What were the three traits "old" European immigrants shared vs the characteristics of the "new" European immigrants?
Old: Geography (North/West Europe), ethnicity (Anglo-Saxon), and religion (protestant)
New: New geography (South/East Europe), new ethnicities (Slavic, Semitic, Mediterranean), new religions (mostly Catholic, Jewish, Eastern Orthodox), new languages (very few spoke English), more rural/poorer/illiterate, and the amount of immigrants was at the highest ever.
Which country is in fifth place for countries of origin for foreign-born Americans today?
El Salvador