Immigration
What was the name of the first reception center?
Castle Garden
What were the apartment buildings immigrants/new comers moved into called?
They were called tenements
What is the date of the card?
Circa 1900
To what areas did many of the newcomers move to?
They moved to areas in the city where many others spoke their same language.
looking for jobs, religious freedom, and political freedom
In what conditions did immigrants live in?
They lived in crowded, dirty, and unsanitary conditions.
in the 50 years after the Civil War, how many immigrants flooded into the U.S?
26 million immigrants came into the U.S.
How did Americans treat immigrants? why?
They were not welcomed, because people felt they took away jobs.
After 1892, where were immigrants received?
They were received through Ellis Island.
What are some examples of laws that were created to keep some people from entering the U.S
Chinese Exclusion Act and the Literacy Act