AMH Unit 2 Test 02 09 2015 Immigration to the United States First Wave 1830 1880 Who came Irish Chinese German Migration of people not all from the same country Nativist Movement What is an American Gatekeepers of American Culture o called themselves native americans o they are wasps o anyone who isn t going to conform is going to give them problems Temperance Movement Movement to get rid of alcohol Acceptable to a Wasp is beer and wine only for men Women who drink are whores Acceptable to have a celebratory beverage or at a men s club Women drank more than men but drank in medicine Conforming to this new idea of drinking for Germans and Irish would be considered assimilation Goes hard core and wants to abolish alcohol Evangelicalism Protestantism Group of people who try to convert others Active movement to switch everyone to Protestantism Second Great Awakening huge movement to awaken people to the glories of this religion Process of Emigration Decision to leave or not to leave Traveling to the port city Taking temp residence in the port city Crossing the ocean Taking temp or permanent residence in city of arrival Fitting into American society or trying to How can an immigrant succeed in America 1 What does America want from all immigrants 2 What if you are un assimilate able assimilation Chinese Success Factors America wants for All Immigrants 1 Money you must have it 2 Numbers small numbers are good large numbers are bad loss of power 3 Location locate away from WASPs and not all together Prevents voting blocks when a bunch of them are together 4 Stereotypes Have only good stereotypes Americans want to think well of you 5 Assimilation Must fit in and totally replace your culture Immigration from Ireland 1 Push Factors The problem with England they hated each other 1169 Norman invasion of Ireland Kingdom of Ireland Henry II Lord of Ireland 1171 Re conquest of Ireland 1536 Henry VIII King of England and Ireland protestant Culture religion forces assimilation on the Irish Burns statutes and bibles Plantation System 16th and 17th century need more land less workers put fences up around land and lambs Plantation System resulted in Tenant farmers Irish Slavery Ties the Irish to the land that they no longer own Rural population 1600 Irish own 80 of land 1778 English own 95 1607 Penal laws not allowed to go to school high illiteracy slave codes similar limits what they can and can not do Overpopulation government can t support people who live there 8 million not too many people in sum Irish were a permanent underclass not considered citizens not enough food water jobs 2 Push Factor the problem with the potato importance of the potato Irish loved the potato potato can be made into all sorts of things Irish were eating 10 lbs of potatoes per day Invisible to English kept them full Cant see a potato growing Potato Blight 1840 s turned potatoes into rot Gorta Mor great hunger The Great Famine or potato famine 1845 1852 other places have other food Irish did not An Act of God one million Irish die English believe they deserved it o also get diseases Immigration From Ireland The Catholic Irish 1845 1921 Process of Emigration 1 Chain Migration Anchor Immigrant Entire village saves up money for one person male healthy speaks English young not married has a wake for himself before he leaves because he s never coming back Man sends money back to the village so they can send another immigrant over this is the way an entire village might be able to emigrate 2 Port City Life Closest port is Dublin harder for them to make money Liverpool is bigger and easier to get a job Trans Atlantic Crossing o Buy a ticket takes between 1 3 months to get to America o Captain could offer you food for a debt hounds you for the money every day of your life o Steerage class base of boat o Coffin ships Ship fever terberculosis 15 25 death rate similar to slaves Immigrants 1 No money Common immigrant unskilled poor single Numbers 260 million back to Ireland help them get over potato famine 1 5 million people are our anchor immigrants total number is 4 5 million chain migration works for them 2 Location Ethnic enclaves one ethnic or minority group settles all in one place Irish go to NYC and Boston 1 Five points New York city Gangs of New York setting right off the port 5 streets meet dirty and cheap Southie South Boston Not a good idea to settle all in the same place Housing Ghetto place where there is cheap housing where wasps are not present Lien Toos lean something up against a building and living underneath it Tenements building like an apartment complex no bathroom 20 people in each apartment o 80 of all Irish infants died Anti Irish stereotypes Got these stereotypes from the English 1 Religion America is anti catholic protestant Very secret Catholic Communion wafer and wine Transubstantiation Catholics believe that when priests raise wafer and wine it turns into the body and blood of jesus Protestants call them cannibals believe they eat babies Brainwashed by Papacy the pope they are afraid the pope will convince them to do something bad believed they would take over America 2 Inferior Race Black Irish 3 Violent scientist cut open Irish to prove this worst than Africans Africans are black on the outside but Irish are black on the inside Simian monkey like Ape like lazy immoral uneducated bare knuckle boxing boxing until someone can not stand up again blood is everywhere everything is paid for by your agent you get profit if you win New york draft Riots 1863 Conscription laws o Conscription draft anyone who is called has to serve o You can buy yourself out of the draft can buy a replacement o Rebel and kill a bunch of people goes on for 3 days before it can be stopped they burn an African American orphanage to the ground Organized Crime o Gangs of New York o The Irish Mob Prohibition WASPS are buying the alcohol o Irish get degrees mob makes a lot of money creates upper class 4 Drunks drinks all the time and cant handle it Irish Pub culture Drink Guinness less expensive than bread have a pint of alcohol in the morning and then after work Irish started to complain when the bars were not open Irish were put into the newspaper with how long they were in there equate how many drinks a drunk Women and children went to the bars alone ANTI IRISH SENTIMENT nativist Political cartoons published in newspapers for wasps to look at Paddy and Bridget show them as apes o Bridget is the opposite of what beauty is violence o
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