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1800's
Immigrants were fleeing from:
crop failures
shortages:
land
jobs
rising taxes
famine- extreme scarcity of food.
escaping religious or political persecution -
1840's
Irish and German immigrants began to arrive at New York -
1850s Nativism
Know Nothing Party had many followers by vowing to restrict immigration. Policy of Nativism: favoring native born Americans over immigrants, reappeared. -
America's population
31.5 million people -
Law passed
The law was passed, the law allowed employers have foreign laborers. -
Period: to
America's population
30 million people -
Period: to
Immigrants
- about 10 million immigrants arrived
- Most came from northwestern and central European countries:
- about 2.8 million from Germany,
- another 1.8 million from Great Britain,
- nearly 1.4 million from Ireland.
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The Prohibition party
Temperance movement: campaign to eliminate alcohol consumption. -
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
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The Charity Organization Movement
The COS was founden by Josephine Shaw Lowell -
Chinese Exclusion Act
The CEA closes the door for immigrants from china. -
Nativists
Nativists won a victory in 1885, when congress repealed the Contract Labor Act. -
The American Protective Associations
The American Protective Associations (1887) targeted immigrants, just like the Catholic Church. -
Charles Hull Mansion
Jane Addams & Ellen Gates Starr bought Charles Hull mansion in Chicago. They opened it for immigrants. -
Banned Alcohol
By 1890 only 3 states had banned alcohol. ( Maine, Kansas, and North Dakota ) -
Immigrants
A new reception center for immigrants opens at Ellis Island. -
Anti Saloon League
↪ Opposed drinking on grounds that led to tragedies. -
The Immigration Restriction League
The Immigration Restriction League was organized, it excluded immigrants by requiring them to pass literacy tests. -
Peter Mossini
Came from a poor family
- worked in a factory
- 10 cents a day -
Immigrants
Immigration in the US reaches an all-time high. -
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ.
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ was formed by the followers of the social gospel movement
