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Immigration: Interactive Map Activity
Use the following two sites to answer the questions below:
Map: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/03/10/us/20090310immigration-explorer.html?_r=0
Timeline:
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/newamericans/foreducators_lesson_plan_03
.html
Using the map: Select either ‘number of residents’ or ‘percent of population’ in upper
right hand corner of webpage. You can select different nations from the drop down menu
on the top left of the page. Click on the timeline tab and move it to select a particular
decade.
1. What were the populations of St. Louis City and St. Louis County in 1880? 2000?
2. What is the immigrant population of St. Louis City and St. Louis County like in 2000?
3. Did the immigrant population in St. Louis City increase or decrease between 1890 and
1920? What about the percentage of overall population who were immigrants—did that
change? Provide a possible explanation for your answer.
4. Identify the major regions (Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, West) of the nation and
their majority immigrant groups in 1900, and again in 2000. (i.e., Midwest is mostly x in
1900, but mostly y in 2000)
5. Between 1890 and 1920, what sort of settlement patterns do you see? Explain why you
think this is occurring.
6. What changes do you see in the nationalities of immigrant groups between 1890 and
1920?
7. What do you think led to the influx of Italian immigrants around the turn of the
century? Use either of these sources for help:
 http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presen
tations/immigration/italian3.html
 https://www.mtholyoke.edu/~molna22a/classweb/politics/Italianhistory.html
What other immigrant groups had major population increases around this time?
8. Based on the timeline and the map, who seems to be targeted by immigration policies
1890-1920?
Who seems to be favored?
9. What effects do you think the Literacy Act of 1917 and the Quota Act of 1921 had on
immigration? Use the map for help.
10-14. Take some time to explore the map and timeline. Write down five observations
that are interesting to you. Please provide an explanation for your interest. Use the back if
needed.