reasons for increased immigration sol 3b 9/17/20061
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Reasons for Increased Immigration
SOL 3b
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Why did immigration increase?Why did immigration increase?
• Hope for better opportunitiesHope for better opportunities
JobsJobs Homes Homes
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Why did immigration Why did immigration increase?increase?
• Desire for religious freedomDesire for religious freedom
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Why did immigration increase?Why did immigration increase?
• Opportunity to escape from Opportunity to escape from oppressive governmentsoppressive governments oppressiveoppressive – difficult to bear; – difficult to bear;
unreasonably harshunreasonably harsh
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Why did immigration increase?Why did immigration increase?
• Quest for adventureQuest for adventure
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Discrimination Against
Who?
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Chinese• Worked for lower
wages; took jobs away from whites
• Different language and customs
• Answer: • Chinese Exclusion
Act (1882) - Chinese workers were not allowed to enter the country (US).
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Irish• Protestant Americans vs. Catholic
Irish• Worked long hours for low wages
– Factories– Building canals & railroads– Servants in homes
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Why Cities Grew and Developed
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Why did cities develop after the Civil War?
• Specialized industrySpecialized industry– A city may be well A city may be well
known for what it known for what it producesproduces
• What industry does What industry does Newport News Newport News specialize specialize in? in?
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Specialized industries and their cities
• Pittsburgh–Steel industry
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Specialized industries and their cities
• Chicago–Meat Packing
Chicago
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Immigration• Immigration to America from
other countries• Large numbers from Eastern
and Southern Europe
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Rural to Urban Areas
• Movement of Americans from rural (country) to urban areas (cities) in search of JOBS!
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Increased Interaction and Conflict
• Result of population change, growth of cities, and new inventions.
• Produced problems in urban areas (discrimination, tenements & ghettos, political corruption
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•Problem 1: Ghettos & Tenements
caused by rapid industrialization and
urbanization.
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WHAT IS A TENEMENT?
•A building in which several families rent rooms or apartments, often with little sanitation or safety.
•Ghetto vs. Tenement?
•Tenement is building….Ghetto is the neighborhood
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Solving the Overcrowding Problem (Answer)
• settlement houses community centers organized in late
1800s to offer services to the poor. Hull House founded by Jane Addams
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Problem 2. Political Corruption• Political machines
Gained power by attending to needs of new immigrants (jobs, housing)
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Letter Home
• Write a letter to your family in the country telling them all about the wonderful things that living in the city has to offer. Also include the problems (bad things) found in the city. Use your notes and textbook pg. 178-183 for more information.
• Must be 1 complete page top to bottom and do not skip lines. Due by end of class today!!
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City Poster• Create a poster advertising the benefits of life
in the city.• You need to explain the problems as well of
cities growing. (Disclaimer)• Should include factors/reasons that attracted
movement to cities including rise of specialized industries and job opportunities.
• Must include pictures (drawn).• Use 5 colors other than pencil.
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Problems Protest Poster• Imagine you are attending a rally event about
the problems caused by immigration or the growth of cities. You need to create a poster to bring with you to express your viewpoint. Include the following elements in your poster:
• Symbol/Picture that represents your view
• Slogan• Problems & Answers (Use your notes)• Use of at least 5 colors
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Racial Segregation and Jim Crow
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Racial Segregation
• Segregation – the separation or isolation of a race, class, or group.
• Continued after Reconstruction• Mostly directed against African
Americans but also included other groups. (ex. Indians)
• American Indians were not considered citizens until 1924.
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Jim Crow Laws
• Made acceptable a system of legal segregation.
• Discriminate against African Americans.
• Made discrimination practices legal in many communities and states.
• Unequal opportunities in housing, work, education, and government
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Plessy vs. Ferguson• Supreme Court upheld
segregation laws.• Segregation was legal as long as
African Americans had access to public places equal to those of whites.
• “Separate but equal”
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African American Leaders
• Booker T. Washington– Believed equality
through vocational education.
– More valuable member of community = equality
– Accepted social segregation.
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• W.E.B. DuBois– Full political, civil, and
social rights for African Americans.
– Protest unequal treatment in American society.
– Right to vote was way to end racial inequality.
– NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
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Washington vs. DuBois
1. Read the handout about Washington and DuBois.
2. Highlight differences in beliefs with one color and the similarities with another.
3. Draw a Venn Diagram with differences on outside and similarities in middle.
4. Write a letter to either Washington or DuBois explaining why you agree with their position