Dbq Essay On Immigration
Immigrants at a certain time were treated as welcomed guest with a bright future and equal opportunity to make a difference. Immigrants who arrived after 1880 experienced a shift in the lives of the American citizen that resulted in a firsthand experience of dreams that didn’t come true, bad living and working environments, and in equal rights. This dramatic shift came about from racism and a sudden decrease in space in cities and in some parts of the country.
Many immigrants moved to America with high expectations of a rich life full of opportunity. One family moved to America because “America is rich” (Martinelli). What those people did not expected is what came after they arrived. An anonymous immigrant girl told her dreams of “golden stairs” …show more content…
There are papers written about how these people don’t have the right to be an American citizen. On a political cartoon there is a wall that is blocking the Asians from being able to get to America. It is seen how the Americans felt. There is also a ladder falling with a man attempting to get over the wall. It symbolizes the want for the immigrants who wanted to be in America so badly. The Americans are also looking down on the Asians showing a feeling of dominance (Source J). In one document there is a explanation on why the immigrants didn’t need to be in America. The writer says that “They have none of the inherited instincts and tendencies which made it comparatively easy to deal with the immigration of the olden days” meaning that the immigrants did not have the same culture as the Americans did and it angered them (Walker). It can be seen that immigration also changed over time. In a pie chart there is a visual sign of the change in who was coming over to America. It went from 93% of Northern and western Europeans to only 61%. The Asian population dropped from 1% to .5%. All of these numbers showed a dominance in people who looked more like Americans than the others (Source H). One person, Mary Antin, attempted to stick up for those people says that it was unconstitutional and incorrect. Even with these statements being as true as can
Many immigrants moved to America with high expectations of a rich life full of opportunity. One family moved to America because “America is rich” (Martinelli). What those people did not expected is what came after they arrived. An anonymous immigrant girl told her dreams of “golden stairs” …show more content…
There are papers written about how these people don’t have the right to be an American citizen. On a political cartoon there is a wall that is blocking the Asians from being able to get to America. It is seen how the Americans felt. There is also a ladder falling with a man attempting to get over the wall. It symbolizes the want for the immigrants who wanted to be in America so badly. The Americans are also looking down on the Asians showing a feeling of dominance (Source J). In one document there is a explanation on why the immigrants didn’t need to be in America. The writer says that “They have none of the inherited instincts and tendencies which made it comparatively easy to deal with the immigration of the olden days” meaning that the immigrants did not have the same culture as the Americans did and it angered them (Walker). It can be seen that immigration also changed over time. In a pie chart there is a visual sign of the change in who was coming over to America. It went from 93% of Northern and western Europeans to only 61%. The Asian population dropped from 1% to .5%. All of these numbers showed a dominance in people who looked more like Americans than the others (Source H). One person, Mary Antin, attempted to stick up for those people says that it was unconstitutional and incorrect. Even with these statements being as true as can