CAS HI 190 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: United States Congress Joint Immigration Commission, Israel Zangwill, Mary Antin
29 Aug 2016
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Between 1900-1910, nearly 17 million people arrived here. This new immigration formed different patterns and faced different challenges than the immigrants of the 1840s-1850s. In the 1840s-1850s, most immigrants were irish. In the 1900s-1910s, most immigrants were from europe, asia, and mexico. The dillingham commission (1907-1910) was a government agency that discussed the issue of immigration. Said that the old immigrants were settlers, not immigrants; they came for the availability of land. A lot of immigrants were not of the protestant faith. These new immigrants were usually darker-skinned, less educated, and resided mainly in cities rather than in rural areas. The dillingham commission characterized the old immigrants as weary of and suspicious of new immigrants. Said that they were unskilled, hungry for riches, and crowded the streets. Some people, like lodge, urged restriction of immigration. The irish came as old immigrants, but are more closely associated with the new immigrants.
