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Immigration Why Immigration Matters by Thomas Kessner It is difficult today to recapture the iconoclasm signaled by Oscar Handlin?s opening words to his Pulitzer Prize-winning The Uprooted more than fifty years ago: ?Once I thought to write a history of the immigrants in America. Then I discovered that the immigrants were American history.?

US history : Ch.7

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US histroy : Ch 7 about ellis island and melting pot issue

Sec 1. 1. Ellis Island : (East coast mainly Europeans) One of the immigration inspection station in U.S New York Harbor. ~20% immigrants detained for a day to more before being inspected. Only 2% of those were denied entry. 1st) pass physical exam 2) government inspector check documents- required to prove never convicted a felony, able to work, proof of having some money. 2. Angel Island : (West Coast mainly Asians/ Chinese) One of the immigration inspection statin in U.S. San Francisco. Harsh questions and long detention in dirty building for waiting. 3. Melting Pot: a mixture of people of different culture and races who blended together by abandoning their native language and customs. USA=melting pot.

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Chapter 14: Forging the National Economy; 1790-1860 People/Terms: 1. Industrialization- Industrialization began in the 1750?s in Britain with the textile machines and eventually found its way into the American Industries. This increased the movement of people into cities because machines took the place of people in agriculture and people were needed in cities to man the machines. Many moved to cities. This increased production and efficiency throughout the United States of America. 2. Know- Nothing Party-
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