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26.2 Italian Immigrants Journey To The US

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26.2 Italian Immigrants Journey To The US

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Journey: Many Italians left Italy because they were very poor and couldn’t find enough work to take care of their families. The voyage to America was long and hard, and many people had to stay in crowded, dirty rooms on the ship. They were only allowed up on the deck once a day, and when they got to Ellis Island, they had to wait in long lines and get checked by doctors to see if they were healthy.

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26.2 Italian Immigrants Life in The States

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26.2 Italian Immigrants Life in The States

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Life: Most Italian immigrants lived in small, crowded apartments in neighborhoods with other Italians. They worked very hard at tough jobs like building roads, cleaning streets, or working in factories. Some people treated them bad and didn’t like them just because they were different and spoke another language. They were also stereotyped due to some of them being in the mafia. Many immigrants also left the USA after making a quick buck.

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26.3 Jewish Immigrants Journey To The US

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26.3 Jewish Immigrants Journey To The US

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Journey: Many Jews left Eastern Europe because they were not treated fairly and didn’t feel safe. A big reason they left was to get away from the Tsar’s pogroms, which were attacks on Jewish people and their homes. The trip to America took a long time, and people had to stay in small, crowded places on the boat with not much food. When they got to Ellis Island, they had to answer lots of questions and have health checks before they could come in.

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26.3 Jewish Immigrants Life in The States

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26.3 Jewish Immigrants Life in The States

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Life: Jewish immigrants lived in tiny, packed apartments in big city neighborhoods. They worked hard at jobs like sewing clothes, making things in factories, or selling stuff on the streets. Some people in America didn’t like them and were rude just because they were Jewish and had different ways of living.

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26.4 Chinese Immigrants Journey To the US

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26.4 Chinese Immigrants Journey To the US

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Journey: Many Chinese people left China because there was not enough money or food, and they wanted a better life. The trip across the ocean was long and they had to stay in tight, crowded spaces for weeks. When they got to Angel Island, they were kept for a little and were asked lots of questions before they could come into the country. \

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26.4 Chinese Immigrant Life in The States

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26.4 Chinese Immigrant Life in The States

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Life: Chinese immigrants often lived in small, crowded homes in Chinatowns with other Chinese families. They worked very hard and had low paying jobs such as building railroads, cooking, or doing laundry. Many people didn’t treat them well and made laws to try to stop more of then people from coming.

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Rise: Nativism began to rise in the 1880s because many Americans were worried that too many immigrants were coming to the country. They thought the new people would take their jobs or change their way of life. Some also didn’t like that immigrants spoke different languages or had different religions. People felt scared that the country was changing too fast and wanted to keep things the way they were. They also wanted to keep the general American traditions and didn't want to change.

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Congress Involvement: Congress made laws to limit immigration and keep out certain groups of people who were seen as different or unwanted. One of the biggest laws was the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882, which stopped nearly every Chinese worker from coming to the U.S. and was the first law to ban a specific group based on their race or country. Later, more laws were made to limit people from other parts of the world as well.