Imprisoned in the wooden building day after day,

My freedom withheld; how can I bear to talk about it?

I look to see who is happy but they only sit quietly.

I am anxious and depressed and cannot fall asleep.

The days are long and the bottle constantly empty; my sad mood, even so, is not dispelled.

Nights are long and the pillow cold; who can pity my loneliness?

After experiencing such loneliness and sorrow,

Why not just return home and learn to plow the fields?

The influx of Asians into the United States, dating from the California Gold Rush, created tension between many immigrant groups. During the 1870s, an economic downturn resulted in serious unemployment problems, and led to outcries against Asian immigrants who would work for low wages, this along with the resentment towards Chinese who were finding themselves successful in the laundry, hotel and fishing industries led to very restrictive immigration laws. These laws allowed entry only to those that had been born in the U.S. or had husbands or fathers who were citizens. Enforcement of those laws was assigned to the Bureau of Immigration.

During the “quarantine” period, there was no contact with family members at all. The only contact with her family would be in the form of occasional care packages of snacks and food sent by her father and mother.

The Immigration Service hired a Chinese cook to prepare meals for the guests, and as Jennie vividly remembered, the food was less than appetizing…a thin stew of mostly bean sprouts, vegetable scraps and rice showed up on the tables every day. As seen through the eyes of an eleven year old, the food would become a lasting memory, but the bonding with her new friends and playmates was a great diversion.

Two weeks into her stay on the Island, a very significant event happened. She was rudely awakened one night by a female guard running through the barracks yelling for everyone to get up and get out… “FIRE!”…   By dawn’s early light, the women’s quarters was reduced to a pile of smoldering ashes… The ladies were led to the hospital building, which would be their new temporary home. For Jennie, it would be her new home for one more week.

On her third week on Angel Island, Jennie was called in for another interview. Unbeknownst to her, her father Tse Shan was also being interviewed in a separate room. The interviews went well and finally, after three weeks as a guest of the Angel Island Immigration Station, Jennie was in the arms of her father and reunited with her family.

• Immigration ban: The act prohibited Chinese laborers from immigrating to the United States.

• Citizenship: The act denied citizenship to Chinese resident aliens.

• Certificates: The act required Chinese people traveling in or out of the country to carry a certificate identifying their status.

• Exceptions: The act made exceptions for merchants, teachers, students, travelers, and diplomats.

INCLUDE YOUR NAME IN ALL POSTS!

1. Read the historical context. Comment and summarize it. (5 pts)

2. Pick 5 stations to look at the primary source.

3. Answer the following questions

• What does this source tell you? (5 pts)

• Who is involved in this source? (5 pts)

• Why is this connected to immigration in America? (5 pts)

• Is immigration today similar or different to this document? Explain. (5 pts)

Once you are done, complete the exit ticket at the end (5 pts).

I think they're checking to see if they're healthy.

I wonder what this is for? -Sameer

Think: I think they are getting checked to see they don't have any sickness or stuff.

Wonder: I wonder whats the purpose for them to be checked?

I think they are doing this to check for diseases or health.

I wonder whats going on in the room ?

I think the doctor are checking to see if the immigrants are healthy.

I wonder what is going on in this room

I wonder what is going on in this room.

Melanie L.

It's similar since most of the immigration can get low wages and can have a hard time too.

• Asian immigration is one of the most involved in this document because it describes how there was a great avalanche of immigration around 1910 to the United States due to the exclusion of China.

  
  

  Current immigration is different or the same as those times?

• Actually, today's migration is not the same because specifically there are not only Asians but there are many more nationalities such as Latinos, Europeans, Arabs, Australians, among others.

Why is this related to immigration from the United States?

• It is related to the immigration of the United States because it talks about and explains how the United States set up an island called Angel Island to receive and provide help to all immigrants, be it health, lodging, food, and studies.

What does this source tell you?

• This source tells us how in 1910 the United States had a great avalanche of Asian immigration caused by the exclusion of China, whose immigrants went to the United States because it was a country free of expression.

The countries involved are ireland ,Germany-u.k.,canada,Russia,Austria,Hungary ,Italy, and Scanndinavia.

3.

Immigration is vastly different to this process hinted at in the poem. (Natalia H.)

2.The countries involved are ireland ,Germany u.k.,canada,Russia,Austria,Hungary ,Italy, and Scanndinavia.

3.strengthens the U.S. economy and contributes to greater prosperity for all Americans.

4. The old immigrants arrived in the mid-1800s, coming mostly from northwestern Europe, while the new immigrants arrived a generation later, traveling mostly from southeastern Europe.

The Chinese are involved, being the subject of the ads.

It's connected to immigration in America because it highlights a show of how the citizens viewed immigrants.

I suppose anti-immigrant settlement remains the same in terms of arguments. Ads, if any, are certainly not as overt as this. (Natalia H.)

It's from the staff of both Ellis and Angel island, to any immigrant here, to ask.

It's part of the process of admission. See if they're trustworthy and all.

I'm not really sure. I don't know if immigrants today are interviewed over this. (Natalia H.)