Gilded Age Immigration

HOW WAS IMMIGRATION BOTH A CAUSE AND AN EFFECT OF INDUSTRIALIZATION?

Why did immigrants come?Why did immigrants come?

What challenges did they face?What challenges did they face?

Leaving religious persecution

Political asylumMore social mobilityWarsPoor agricultureEconomic

opportunity

By 1892: English language requirements

Money v. educationNativismAssimilation v.

maintenance of culture

Some Facts…

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Population Stats

Points of Comparison…

2012- Marin : 255,893 (520 square miles) SF: 805,235 (49 Sq

miles)

1870: SF 149,473NY 942,292Chic 298,977St. Louis 310,864

1910: SF 416,912 NY 4,766,883 Chic. 2,185,910 St. Louis 687,029

1880: End of the Frontier

Examining Evidence

Examine and discuss the chart, cartoon or graph you are given.

Prepare a conclusion/inference statement that draws on the information from the image.

Write out your statement so you can share it with the class.

Ex: The increase in church attendance between 1870 and 1890 is likely due to the increase in immigrants from heavily Catholic countries such as Italy.

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Examining Evidence

Examine and discuss the chart or graph you are given.

Prepare a conclusion/inference statement that draws on the information from the graph.

Write out your statement so you can share it with the class.

Ex: The increase in church attendance between 1870 and 1890 is likely due to the increase in immigrants from heavily Catholic countries such as Italy.