Immigration

Chinese
 Chinese- Reasons for Immigrating

•$
• Intended to work hard and then
go back home with $
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_EQY-0ThOM
 Chinese – Typical jobs

• Railroads
• Gold mines
• Laundry
 Chinese – Living Conditions

• Ethnic neighborhoods
• “Chinatown”
 Chinese – Prejudice they faced

• Looked down on for style of

dress, language, and cultural
practices.
 Chinese – Cultural Identity or
Assimilation
• Many did not choose to
assimilate b/c they planned on
going back to China.
Ireland
 Irish – Reasons for Immigrating

• Escaping Potato Famine

•$
 Irish – Typical Jobs

• Coal
• Factories
• Steel (RR or Skyscrapers)
• Domestic (Maids or Nannies)
 Irish – Typical Living Condition

• Tenements
• Ethnic Neighborhoods (Boston)
 Irish – Prejudice they faced

• Anti- Catholic Sentiment

• Treated badly b/c they would
take the jobs no one was willing
to do
Irish – Cultural Identity or Assimilation

• Irish will hold on to their identity.

Germany
 Germans – Reasons for Immigrating

• Political Freedom
• Religious Freedom (Jews)
 Germans – Typical Jobs

• Farms in Midwest
• Factories in Cities
• Breweries
 Germans – Typical Living Conditions

• Farms or Tenements
 Germans – Prejudices they faced

At first they are welcome because

most were Protestant. WWI
changes this.
 Germans – Cultural Identity or
Assimilation
• WWI starts anti-
German sentiment.
Names of things
will be changed to
sound “American”.
Eastern Europe
 Eastern Europe- Reasons for
Immigrating
• Escaping religious persecution (Jews)
• Corrupt gov’ts (ex. Russian Czar)
 Eastern Europe – Typical jobs

• Factories
Eastern Europe – Living Conditions

• Tenements
Eastern Europe – Prejudice they faced

• Jews were looked down on.

Otherwise fairly similar to
Americans.
 Eastern Europe – Cultural Identity or
Assimilation
• Change name to be more
American.
• Learn English.
• Create Jewish community
centers, hospitals, newspapers,
etc.
Italian
 Italian – Reasons for immigrating
• Political Unrest in Italy
• Natural Disasters
• 49% returned to Italy
 Italian – Typical Jobs
• Roughnecks
• Public works (roads, sewers,
subways)
• Seamstresses
 Italian – Typical Living Conditions
• Ethnic neighborhoods in big cities
 Italian – Prejudices they faced
• Anti – Catholic Sentiment
• Workers often exploited
 Italian – Cultural Identity or
Assimilation
• Italian culture flourished and they
became involved in politics.
The Great Migration
 African Americans – Reasons for
migrating
• Leaving the racism in the south for
freedom in the north
 Typical Jobs
• Men- Factories, Slaughterhouses,
Foundries
• Women- domestic work
 Typical Living Conditions
• Ethnic Neighborhoods in big cities
 Prejudices they faced
• There was still a lot of racism in the
north but not as bad as the south.
 Cultural Identity or Assimilation
• Beginning of the Harlem
Renaissance, the celebration of
African American culture.