Immigration

"The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus (facsimile of original manuscript)

  1. Themes
    1. The immigrant experience
    2. The Melting Pot
    3. Xenophobia
  2. The immigrant experience
    1. Why did immigrants come to US?
      1. Push factors
      2. Pull factors
    2. Who were these immigrants?
      1. 1830s-1890s: old immigrants
      2. 1890s-1920: new immigrants
    3. Return migration
  3. The Melting Pot
    1. Salad bowl
    2. Politics
    3. Efforts to assimilate
  4. Xenophobia
    1. Nativism
    2. Changes in federal immigration policy
      1. Immigration policy prior to 1875
      2. Change in immigration policy after 1875
        1. Denver Riot
        2. 1882 Immigration Law
        3. 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act
        4. Quota System
  5. Questions:
    1. Was life better for these immigrants in US?
    2. What was the impact of late 19th-early 20th century immigration upon US?
    3. What are attitudes in the US toward immigrants, and how have these changed?