Houghton Mifflin Social Studies
Chapter 8, Lesson 4: Coming to America (pp. 160-163)
I. Coming to the West Coast
B. Sometimes laws made it hard for Asian immigrants to enter the country.
C. Coming to America could be a difficult experience for an Asian immigrant, since many Americans judged them based on their culture.
II. Coming to the East Coast
B. Immigrants who came to New York City passed through Ellis Island, where they had to prove that they were healthy and that they could take care of themselves.
C. Life in America for immigrants was hard, because the language was different and it was difficult to get good jobs, but it was often better than life in their home countries.
Lesson at a Glance Outline
A. Starting in the 1840s, many Asian immigrants came to the West Coast of the United States.
A. Many Europeans came to the East Coast in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
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