A Congressman Denounces Immigration Quotas as "Un-American" (short version, with text supports)
Restrictions on immigration, largely aimed at would-be migrants from Southern and Eastern Europe, gained considerable popular support during the 1920s. Anti-immigrant sentiment culminated in the Quota Act of 1921, which effectively reduced [...]
Tags: Constitution and Government, Immigration Quota Laws, Italian Immigration, Jewish Immigration, Reading Supports
Item Type: Speech
Historical Era: Modern America (1914-1929)
Immigrants by the Numbers
In this activity, students work with quantitative data (charts, graphs, and tables) from the 1910 census and the 1911 Dillingham Commission Report to understand the lives of immigrants in the Ellis Island era. The activity includes an option [...]
Tags: Common Core Reading, Delving into Data, Irish Immigration, Italian Immigration, Jewish Immigration, Reading Supports
Item Type: Teaching Activity
Historical Era: Industrialization and Expansion (1877-1913)
Chart of First Generation Immigrant Women's Occupations, 1900
In 1907, Congress formed the Dillingham Commission to investigate the origins and effects of the massive wave of immigration then underway. The Commission compiled a variety of data about immigrants and their children. This chart shows the [...]
Item Type: Quantitative Data
Historical Era: Industrialization and Expansion (1877-1913)