IMMIGRATION

  Terms to Define- Click on Links to research what these terms mean. Please create a summary for each one and place it in your wikispace. I suggest that you do this first in order to learn more for your letter. [|The Huddled Masses],- The Statue of Liberty is the tallest statue every construct in New York City. The Statue of Liberty is the symbol of freedom in the United States. Statue was from French it was a art of work by a man name Joseph Pulitzer. After it was made, then from there on the Statue of Liberty was set as a symbol of Immigrants after the Unites States defeat the Spanish in 1800s. For the Immigrants it was called “Lady for Hope.” [|The New Immigrants],- The Immigrant started to arrival at the United States after the American and Spain war in 1880s. The Immigrant that came from the eastern or southern Europe they seen the new symbol in America that was called “The Statue of Liberty”. [|The Chinese Exclusion Act]- Was the nation’s first law to ban Immigration by race or nationality. The china also needed immigrants for their business. When China Immigrants come to America they have to have a residence certificate to be in America, that was called Geary Act that was passed in 1892. [|Contract Agreement]- The Contract Agreement was about when the Chinese came over to United States to work and better themselves. The United States made them sign a contract Agreement papers to make them do hard labor work because they were different. The hard labor they did was make railroad, raise sugar, mines, work on the canal these laborers served under contracts of indenture which required them to work for a period of time--usually five to seven years--in return for their travel expenses and maintenance. [|Immigration Restriction]- The United States did a restriction on the Immigrants in the 19th and 20th century. [|United States's Changing Face]- The United States have a lot immigrant that came all over the world. The United States is a better place for most of the immigrants that come there because to have a better life for them and their families. If some Americans express anxiety about immigration, others are hopeful that increasing population will teach Americans to tolerate and even cherish the variety of their country's people.


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Ebony Johnson American History Mod 1 September25, 2009 Letter Dear, Mom The United States is a very good place to stay. I’m here mom I’m here! I am so excited! When you get this letter I hope you will like it how I am describe the United States. I think you going to love it because you can more freedom and better jobs. In Italy we don’t have that much jobs and we don’t get that much freedom as the Americans. The ship that got me here it had a lot of people that was fighting and arguing to get a comfortable spots for about 20 days. I settled in the western part of the United States. The Job I did when I got here was Coal Mining in the Western part of the United States Colorado. Coal Mining paid me three dollars a week “that’s a lot yea” I work for about 10 to 12 hours a day six days of week. I live in the dusty town I see big beautiful mountains. After I get off work from working 10 to 12 hours a day I go outside in the middle of nowhere and look at the huge beautiful Mountains as I am sitting there I think about you coming here and you and the family getting rich one day. My life in America is way better than Italy because of better jobs. We have more freedom and to have a better life. Its many jobs over here but the jobs are very hard labors, and crowd. I do miss my family and friends also I do miss the foods. I meet new people and friends to talk to, but where I work at it is a lot of men that I work with. I think it is better for us if I stay over here to support the family.  It is very hard to be an immigrant in the United States of America because you still have to work hard labor and get treated very different. I don’t have to pay high rent where I stay. Where I stay is very dusty and muddy but I really don’t be home at all. I work six days a week for about 10 to 12 hours a day. I do get paid more here than in Italy but not much. The day I am off I still go in to work some more sometimes they force me to do it. I miss you mom and family!  United States is a good place to stay but not to work. Its hard labor. My Coal mining jobs is very dusty and crowd jobs but the job I had in Italy was harder job. I’m going to send the family some pictures where I work at and what I do, and where I stay. I miss everybody and I also love everybody. I hope to see a letter back and talk to you soon. Love, Ebony Johnson 