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Application: Immigration and the Growth of Cities
Directions: For all of the activities on this sheet, you are going to be required to take the information that
you have gathered in your notes and apply it. Each activity is short and to the point, but, you must
complete each assignment proving your knowledge and understanding of the topic.
Assignment 1: In the space below, write an edictorial of your opinion on “Laissez-Faire” economics
(Chapter 8, Section 1). You must write at least 4 sentences. You must back up your opinion with facts.
Assignment 2: Go to p.308 in your textbook and read the excerpt from “How the Other Half Lives” by
Jacob Riis. Then, review the book as if you are Andrew Carnegie (I picked him for a specific reason!!).
Assignment 3: Review your notes on political machines. Then, in the space below, write an everyday
“To-Do” list that Boss Tweed may have used. Use your creativity.
Assignment 4: Draw a gravestone in the space below. This is Jane Adams’ grave. Write on it an
appropriate message for her memory.
Assignment 5: Turn in your book to p.309. Then, look at the Thomas Nast cartoon. Below, write its
meaning, and then make your own cartoon that has the same meaning but is drawn in another way.
Assignment 6: There were many different technologies created during this time peiod known as the
Second Industrial Revolution. Pick 2: one that revolutionized agriculture and one that revolutionized
cities. Then, create an advertisement for each. Each advertisement must: use COLOR, use PICTURES,
say why the technology is USEFUL, and have a SLOGAN.
Assignment 7: Review the information on Nativists, Prohibitionists, and the Purity movements. Then,
write either a personal ad, or a haiku for each. (Remember, a haiku is three lines with 5 syllables on the
first line, then 7 syllables on the second line, and 5 syllables on the third line)