Immigration: Liberty's promise fulfilled?
Weighing the Evidence
About this Activity
- Created by:Gary Colletti
- Historical Era:The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
- Thinking Skill:Historical Issues-Analysis & Decision-Making
- Bloom's Taxonomy:Evaluating
While studying immigration, the documents provided by the National Archives enable us to get a good series of moments of early 20th century immigration. This activity asks students to evaluate whether the notion of openness to immigrants as promised by Lady Liberty is true for all.
https://docsteach.org/activities/student/1-immigration-libertys-promise-fulfilledDocuments in this activity
- "Remember Your First Thrill of American Liberty"
- Bill of Complaint
- Buggy used for smuggling Chinese aliens across Mexican border
- Certificate of Residence for Chin Num
- Chinese Day in the Fourth Liberty Loan Campaign
- Declaration of Intention for Albert Einstein
- Declaration of Intention for Chin Wing Sew
- Flyers Distributed by Silver Bow Trades and Labor Assembly and Butte Miners' Union in Support of Chinese and Japanese Boycott
- Immigrants Buying Railroad Tickets on Ellis Island
- Interrogation of Chu Kew Yok applying for admission at Malone, New York
- Letter from the Buffalo, New York, Chinese Inspector to the New York City Inspector in Charge Clarifying the Definition of a District and Discussing "Kid" West, Who Smuggled Chinese into the U.S.
- List or Manifest of Alien Passengers for the United States Immigration Officer at Port of Arrival, R.M.S. CARPATHIA
- Photograph of Immigrants Walking With Luggage on Ellis Island
- Photograph of the U.S. Immigrant Building at Ellis Island
- Restoring Normal Immigration Procedures for Cuban Nationals
- Telegram from MacCormack to District Director, INS, Angel Island, California
- Transcript of the statement of Chu Hoy
- Transcript of the statement of witness James V. Storey