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Immigration, Day 1: Introduction

US History II
ACTIVATOR:
Think about someone in your family or you know that has emigrated here from another country. Why did
they move here? What have been the PROS of their immigration? What have been the CONS?

Crash Course US History: Immigration

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRhjqqe750A (1:55-10:30)

Two-Column Notes: The New Immigrants

DIRECTIONS: Read Chapter 7, Section 2 of the TEAL Creating America textbook and complete the
following two-column notes template.
Focus Question: How did the immigration experience of the late 19th/early 20th century embody PROGRESS and
SACRIFICE?
Main Idea

The New Immigrants

Main Idea: [How do your answers

from the right-hand column help
you answer the focus question
above?]

Main Idea

Settling in America

Details
1. Where were the new immigrants from?

2. Describe the process immigrants had to endure at Ellis

Island and Angel Island before being allowed to enter the
country.

Details
1. What type of jobs did immigrants take?

Main Idea: [How do your answers

from the right-hand column help
you answer the focus question
above?]

2. Many immigrants moved to neighborhoods with residents of

similar ethnic backgrounds. How did these neighborhoods
help to support its residents and their culture?

Focus Question: How did the immigration experience of the late 19th/early 20th century embody PROGRESS and
SACRIFICE?
Main Idea

Restrictions on Immigration

Details
1. Why did many native-born Americans fear immigrants?

2. How did Congress respond to these fears?

Main Idea: [How do your answers

from the right-hand column help
you answer the focus question
above?]

Ticket to Leave: Connection to Essential Question

1. Based on your left-hand column notes, what PROGRESS could immigrants achieve?

2. Based on your left-hand column notes, what SACRIFICES did immigrants have to make?

3. Was the progress WORTH the sacrifice? Explain in 2-3 sentences using at least TWO specific
details from todays reading.