Growing Cities and Immigration (____________ - ____________)
Urbanization
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Why did cities grow and develop?
 Movement of Americans from rural (____________________) to urban (_________________) areas of
_____________ ___________________________
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Industries often located near population centers
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Inventions helped cities and industry grow
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___________________________________ from other countries
Immigration: the ____________________ from one country to another country ______ _________________.
Why Move to the USA?
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Immigrants
 Between 1865-1915 more than ___________________________________ immigrants came to USA
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Prior to 1871, most immigrants to America came from northern and western Europe: Germany, Great
Britain, Norway, and Sweden
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Between 1871-1921, most immigrants came from __________________________________________:
Italy, Greece, Poland, Russia, etc.
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As well as ______________________________________
How did immigrants get here?
 Passage to the United States often cost a life’s savings. Entire families would often save money to
send just one or two family members to America, hoping that eventually these members could afford
to bring over the rest of the family
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Travel Dangers:
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__________________________ and death
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Sickening smells
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Immigrants from Europe entered America through _________________________ in New York Harbor.
Their first view of America was often ________________________________________________
Ellis Island
• In 1890, Congress designated three acre Ellis Island in Upper New York Bay as an immigration station.
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By 1910, six million immigrants had come through Ellis Island
Statue of Liberty
 Located at ______________________________________
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Greeted immigrants as they entered Ellis Island
“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to
breath free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore, tempest
tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
- Emma Lazarus
Angel Island
• Located in San Francisco Bay, __________________________________________
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Between 1910 – 1940, Angel Island processed 1 million ____________________________ immigrants
entering the U.S.
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Considered harsher than Ellis Island.
Immigrants made valuable contributions to the growth of business in America:
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________________________ workers helped to build the ___________________________________
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Northeast immigrants worked in ________________________________________________________
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Slavs, Italians, and Poles worked in the coal mines of the East
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They often worked for very ____________________________ and in
___________________________ working conditions to help build the nation’s industrial strength
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Women and children were desirable for small hands and could pay them less
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1 in 5 children between 10 and 16 were employed
Life for Immigrants
 _____________________________ immigrant _____________________________________
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Settled in the big cities where ___________________________________ were available
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Tenement – a crowded, urban, run-down building with _______________,
_____________________________
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Lived in ___________________, dirty tenement buildings
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Families shared space
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Light and fresh air were scarce
Americanization
 Melting Pot: used to describe the USA as a place where ________________________________,
creates a unique American culture.
Assimilation: adopting another country’s culture as your own.
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Despite their hard work, immigrants faced _______________, hostility, and ______________________
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Nativism - _____________________ that immigrants would ____________________________ from
___________________________, and belief that natives were superior
Discrimination against immigrants:
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Political Corruption
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As cities grew, so did __________________________________________________
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Political machines are organizations that controlled the activities of a political party through corruption
and bribery.
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The “Boss” controlled jobs, business licenses, and influenced the court system
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Political Machines often helped __________________________________ with citizenship, jobs, and
housing in exchange for ___________________