Houghton Mifflin Social Studies
Chapter 9, Lesson 1, The New Californians (pp. 204-208)
I. Why California?
B. People who moved to California thought it was the place to make dreams come true.
II. Immigrants from Europe
B. Immigrants from many countries in Europe were treated badly by people who already lived in the United States.
III. Immigrants from Asia
B. Immigrants also arrived from Japan and found that life in
California as immigrants was not what they expected.
Lesson at a Glance Outline
A. California attracted thousands of immigrants in the 1800s.
A. Immigrants first came to eastern cities in the United States from European countries.
A. When Asians from China entered California, they found unfamiliar
people and cultures.
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