This discussion addresses the following outcomes: Contextualize the history of Jewish immigration to the United States from Eastern Europe (CO#1, CO#2) Analyze the ways in which immigrants of the nineteenth century had to balance the process of Americanization with maintaining their own culture and traditions (CO#5) In a post of at least 250 words consider the following: Given the example of Jewish immigrants, was it necessary for European immigrant groups to make a complete break with the past in order to get ahead in American society? Why or why not? Support your answer with examples from the readings. During this module you will: Read: The Module Notes Takaki, A Different Mirror: Chapter 11, The Exodus from Russia Chapter 12 El Norte Gerber, American Immigration: Part II Introduction Chapter 4: Mass Population Movements and Resettlement, 1820-1924 Review Chapter 2: Regulation and Exclusion Lazarus, E. (1883). The New Colossus. Poetry Foundation. Retrieved from: http://www.poetryfoundation.
org/poem/175887 Immigration Restriction Act of 1924. InMintz, S., & McNeil, S. (2013). Digital story. Retrieved from: http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=3&psid=1116 Who Was Shut Out? Immigration Quotas, 1925-1927. In Roy Rosenzweig Center for New Media, George Mason University (2015). story Matters. Retrieved from: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5078 View: Tenements [Video File, 1:55]. In New York, 1865-1898: Sunshine and Shadow. PBS. American Experience. Retrieved from: http://vlib.excelsior.edu/login?url=http://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=103647&xtid=44172&loid=123914 Restricting Immigration. [Video File, 1:40]. In The Golden Door. PBS. Retrieved from: http://vlib.excelsior.edu/login?url=http://fod.infobase.com/ PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=103647&xtid=44223&loid=123477 Welcoming Mexicans. [Video File, 1:54]. In The Golden Door. PBS. Retrieved from: http://vlib.excelsior.edu/login?url=http://fod.infobase.com/ PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=103647&xtid=44223&loid=123478