The Connection Between Americanization efforts and an Immigration Wave

This exhibit focuses on how a wave of immigrants changed the way the United States handled Americanization efforts. Between 1880 and 1920, large numbers of “new” immigrants, those of Catholic and Jewish religions and non-English speakers, came to the United States. These immigrants influenced the Americanization efforts that were enacted in the United States.The exhibit contains artifacts from Josephine Zielinska, a Polish immigrant, documents from the Massachusetts Board of Education, and material from the U.S Census Bureau.