The Americanese Wall Summary

Immigrants faced the challenge of entering the U.S. and the difficulty of speaking and learning english. Immigrants started to immigrant to the U.S from 1870-1920. Most of the individuals who immigrated to the United States, immigrated because in their home country they had difficulties which consisted of, Religion, land shortage, or famine. Others immigrated to the country because they wanted a better life. There was also immigrants who went to the United States temporarily to earn money, then return to their home country, those immigrants were known as “birds of passage”. When immigrants attempted to migrate into the United States, they had to go through inspection. Immigrants had to go through inspection, because they needed to be sure that the Immigrants weren’t bringing any type of diseases into the country. When being inspected they checked from head to toe and they also checked anything they carried. If inspectors who were checking immigrants saw any suspicion of diseases they would mark then F.I for Further Investigation. While being inspected there would also be a uniformed doctor to inspect the eyes of immigrants for trachoma or any eye
At the bottom of the image it shows Uncle Sam saying “You’re welcome in if you can climb it !”. A theory behind this image is that, the immigrants who were arriving were from different countries, where they speak different languages. Immigrants who were arriving to the U.S did not know how to speak or write english, so reading the words on that wall would have been very difficult for them to understand what is written. In the image it also says “The Americanese Wall , As Congressman Burnett Would Built It”, saying the wall is not built yet, but it will soon in the future, making it harder for immigrants to enter the