· Most immigrants stayed in the cities where they landed.
· By 1900, lower Manhattan was the most crowded place in the world.
· Immigrants adjusted by settling in communities with people of their own ethnic group.
· Assimilation was a long, slow process.
Anti-Immigrant Feelings
· Many Americans feared that new immigrants would never assimilate.
· Asians were prohibited from buying land in California.
· Chinese immigrants were frequently attacked, and occasionally killed, by racist mobs.
Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)
- It barred the immigration of Chinese laborers for 10 years.
- It was renewed several times by Congress before being repealed in 1943 by the Supreme Court.
