Immigration in the 1920s by Elizabeth Barley https://padlet.com/20barleye/4mmzjtcrx7px all about immigration en-us 2018-12-11 15:12:32 UTC 2018-12-14 03:13:53 UTC hello@padlet.com Why come to America? 20barleye https://padlet.com/20barleye/4mmzjtcrx7px/wish/314519236 For new economic opportunity, to escape famine, racial/political persecution  ]]> 2018-12-14 01:51:49 UTC https://padlet.com/20barleye/4mmzjtcrx7px/wish/314519236 Immigration Act of 1924 20barleye https://padlet.com/20barleye/4mmzjtcrx7px/wish/314519605 also known as 

the Johnson-Reed Act, this limited people let in with literacy test, and betrayed the gentleman's agreement between the States and Japan by not letting any Japanese people in. This is represented in the political cartoon bellow. 

]]> 2018-12-14 01:54:13 UTC https://padlet.com/20barleye/4mmzjtcrx7px/wish/314519605 Ellis Island 20barleye https://padlet.com/20barleye/4mmzjtcrx7px/wish/314520441 built in 1882, for poor immigrants to enter the U.S, it's part of New York City (east coast) seen in the picture for this post-it.]]> 2018-12-14 02:01:23 UTC https://padlet.com/20barleye/4mmzjtcrx7px/wish/314520441 Who Came? 20barleye https://padlet.com/20barleye/4mmzjtcrx7px/wish/314520697 Southern and Eastern Europeans, mainly Italians. Click on the image to see a more detailed map]]> 2018-12-14 02:03:15 UTC https://padlet.com/20barleye/4mmzjtcrx7px/wish/314520697 Angel Island 20barleye https://padlet.com/20barleye/4mmzjtcrx7px/wish/314521706 Made in 1910 for Asian immigrants entering the U.S , part of San Francisco (west coast) pictured below this  under "who came"]]> 2018-12-14 02:10:32 UTC https://padlet.com/20barleye/4mmzjtcrx7px/wish/314521706 Who Came? 20barleye https://padlet.com/20barleye/4mmzjtcrx7px/wish/314522011 Mainly Chinese, and eastern Asians, here is what Angel island looks like]]> 2018-12-14 02:12:33 UTC https://padlet.com/20barleye/4mmzjtcrx7px/wish/314522011 Job Opportunities for Immigrants 20barleye https://padlet.com/20barleye/4mmzjtcrx7px/wish/314522230 Irish immigrants built canals, roads and railways, Italians worked as shoe-makers, fishing, and construction, many Chinese immigrants were small business owners typically in service industry. ]]> 2018-12-14 02:14:02 UTC https://padlet.com/20barleye/4mmzjtcrx7px/wish/314522230 Literacy Test of 1917 20barleye https://padlet.com/20barleye/4mmzjtcrx7px/wish/314523024 this restricted and targeted Asian people specifically, this was to keep immigrants deemed undesirable out. President Woodrow Wilson tried to veto this act two times but congress denied him.]]> 2018-12-14 02:19:47 UTC https://padlet.com/20barleye/4mmzjtcrx7px/wish/314523024 The Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907 20barleye https://padlet.com/20barleye/4mmzjtcrx7px/wish/314526592 This was an informal agreement between the U.S and Japan. Anti-Japanese nativist in California refused to let Japanese children attend school so in order to let children go to school, Japan agreed to not to give out passports for people seeking work in the States. ]]> 2018-12-14 02:46:59 UTC https://padlet.com/20barleye/4mmzjtcrx7px/wish/314526592 My Sources 20barleye https://padlet.com/20barleye/4mmzjtcrx7px/wish/314527592 I got my information from many sources, check the google doc for all of them in the link bellow, all are hyperlinked  and labled! Feel free to read more if you wish.]]> 2018-12-14 02:53:56 UTC https://padlet.com/20barleye/4mmzjtcrx7px/wish/314527592