factory life
This era saw a shift from handmade tools to power-driven machinery.
What is the Industrial revolution?
This 1882 Act was the first major U.S. law to restrict immigration based on national orgin.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
This "pull" factor, related to jobs and wealth, drew many Mexican migrants to the U.S.
What is the (strong) U.S. economy?
This profession is responsible for capturing historical moments, like the factory scene, on film.
What is a photojournalist?
This method allowed factories to churn out huge quantities of the same product.
What is Mass production?
This Texas city served as the "Mexican Ellis Island" for thousands of migrants.
What is El Paso?
Between 1910 and 1930, the number of Mexican immigrants in the U.S. did this.
What is tripled? (or increased from 200k to 600k)
During the late 19th century, there were very few of these "laws" to protect factory workers.
What are worker safety laws?
These groups were organized by workers to fight for safety and fair wages.
What are labor Unions?
This 1840s conflict was the primary "push" factor for early Mexican migration.
What is the Mexican-American War?
This percentage represents how many people in formerly Mexican territories accepted U.S. citizenship.
What is roughly 90%?
This is the specific gender of the workers shown in the primary source image.
Who are women?
Most women working in the 19th century factories held one of these two social statuses.
Who are unmarried or immigrants?
Unlike European or Asian travel, Mexican migration was unique due to this geographical factor.
What is short distance?
Many Mexican immigrants viewed their move as temporary rather than permanent for this reason.
What is the ability to return home easily? (due to distance)
This debate emerged in the 20th century, whether the government should protect workers or protect this "freedom."
What is freedom of contract?What is freedom of contract?
This Hands off economy theory meant the government didn't regulate factory conditions.
What is Laizzez-faire capitilism?
In the 19th century, undocumented immigrants were most often exploited by this specific group.
Who are (Mexican) land owners?
Modern undocumented immigrants are often exploited by these "guides" or smugglers.
Who are coyotes?
Because of the lack of documentation, historians find it "impossible" to know this specific statistic about early migration.
What is the exact number/surge of immigration?