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This 3 page essay discusses the cultural makeup, climate, and effects of the immigrants from the time period 1880-1920. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Immigrants 1880-1920: Not Your Tired or Poor by , 5/2/2010
--properly! Lazarus poem, The New Colossus, is
the image of the weary immigrant reaching a foreign shore and stretches beyond that image to the resourceful matriarch who welcomes all of the "huddled masses" beneath her plentiful skirts.
Her stalwart welcome is not meant to relieve them from the suffering they have encountered on journey to this land, but to encourage them to be strong for the journey
ahead upon her shores. And yet, she does not speak to the immigrants coming to shore between 1880 and 1920. She speaks of those who came before them. This new
influx would change the face of American business and immigration policy. The days she spoke of were over. New laws, such as the
Immigration Act of 1882 controlled immigration, making sure the workforce brought in was healthy and fit for factory labor. This law protected the nation from convicts, lunatic, idiots, and any
persons who could not care for themselves, such as unmarried women who might become public changes and drain the burgeoning economy. Economic growth
and protection were the main issues for the nation at this time. Other laws disallowed anyone from entering the country considered of inferior race (Chinese and Japanese) or criminals. The
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