Sub-categories
-Illegal
-Mexican Border
-Citizenship
-Green Card
-Immigration Visa
-Citizenship Test
-Immigrants rights
-Restrictions
-Regulation
-Ellis Island
-Immigration Acts
-Mexican border
-Times of war
-Post-9/11
-Japanese immigrants during World War II
Immigration Acts
ReplyDeleteImmigration during world wars
differences between other country immigration
ellis island
Some good topics here but perhaps might be better suited to incorporate some of these into larger topics.
ReplyDeleteFor example:
1) Shifts in immigration patterns-who are the immigrants and where are they from? For example, there is a significant shift in the late 19th century in immigrants coming from Northern Europe to those coming from Eastern or Southern Europe. Why did that happen? What was the impact of that shift?
2) Restrictions on immigration-consider Chinese Exclusion, Gentlemen's Agreement with Japan, Quotas.
3) Ellis Island-an iconic American place. Why so significant? What happened there?
4) Mexican immigration-repatriation (1930's). Special relationship with Mexico because of geography. What's the history here?
5) Current immigration debates.
Ryan Hanna and Alex Shifrin are doing Regulation
ReplyDeleteJack and Matt are doing Times of War
Tim Choh and Peter Hanes are doing Citizenship
Maria and Ryan are doing Illegal Immigration
first sources.
ReplyDeleteThese people had to travel long distances and and live in horrible conditions all for a better life. sometimes they would be sent back. Ellis Island did so much more than the government originally thought it was going to do, they spent more than the original budget on the building for it to only burn down a couple years later. it was rebuilt and made with fireproof materials. ellis island was a sign for hope for all people looking for a better life. people left their countries for many reasons, some for famine or religious persecution but all wanted to better their lives and have a fresh new start in a country where the streets were “paved with gold”. What if they doctor makes amistake and the person isspent back to where they came how logn would they have to wait before trying to come over again or even if the could come back?
Primary sources.
ReplyDeletethe governemnt had chosen ellis island, even though it was small, because it was the perfect loction when entering the bay. THey had orignaly only planed to pay $150,000 but by the end of the compleation of elli sisland the government had spent around $500,000. Ellis island burnt down june 14, 1897. Congress imeediatly aprove to spend $600,00 dollars to fix the building it ended up costing $1.5 million dollars. This time they used fireporrf materials and Elli sisland had th ecopacity to pass 500,00 people throught each year but the planners estimate was very low and ellis island. 12 million people passed througth elli sisland between the years of 1892 and 1954.