Immigrants and IndustryKeep these notes to study and read nightly for the Unit Test.

Land of PlentyAmerica began to grow as more people heardabout this land of opportunity. People evencame from across seas, leaving their homeCountries. They are known as immigrants.

Most immigrant families were poor and lived in

very smalland crowded rooms.

Immigrants

•Who were these groups of people?•Where did they come from?•Why did they leave their homes?•Once in American, what did they do?•European Immigrants arrived at the coast

(Ellis Island) to Ohio. *Recall transportation, how did early settler get to Ohio.

•Ellis Island

German AmericansOhio, The Buckeye State p.101-102

Departed from: • Germany (in Europe)

Why: • To seek (find) political freedom,

because democracy in Germany failed.

• Travel to the U.S. was cheap. • More people came once their

families in the U.S. were successfully settled.

Cultural Practices:• Famous for brewing good beer. • Today Ohio still have

Oktoberfests to celebrate German beer-making.

Contributions: • Skilled craftsmen working as

carpenters, cigar makers, machinists and tailors.

• Others became farmers, laborers or builders of steamboats.

• Introduced the idea of kindergarten

Oktoberfest Band

Irish AmericansOhio, The Buckeye State p.103-104

Departed From: • Ireland

Why: • To find work (Because of the

Great Potato Famine)• Came with out their families

Cultural Practices:• Found jobs as unskilled

workers• Worked in dock yards and

factories• Worked digging canals or

laying railroad tracks

Contributions:• Improved Ohio's economy by

helping build canals and railroads.

• Active in politics and government

• Irish athletes popular on baseball teams

• Also many became priest and clergymen.

The AmishOhio, The Buckeye State p.105-107

Departed From: • Switzerland

Why: • They wanted to worship God

peacefully• They were persecuted for their

religious beliefs

Cultural Practices:• Humility, Thrift , Simplicity,

Obedience• Forbid the use of cars,

electricity, telephones, and television

• Speak “Pennsylvania Dutch”• Work equals building character

Contributions:• Skilled craftsmen• Highly prized: quilts,

homemade jams, family style restaurants

ShakerOhio Adventures in Time and Place p. 162

Departed From:• England

Why: • They wanted to practice

their religion

Cultural Practices• Strongly believed in peace• Refused to go to war• Believed all people were

equal• Didn’t believe in slavery

Contributions• The Society of Friends,

peaceful alternative to Christianity

Founder, George Fox

Ohio Immigrant Events Timeline

183018101800 1820 1840

1805- Shakers settle in Ohio

1824- First Jewish synagogue built in Cincinnati

1818- First Roman Catholic Church built in Somerset

1831 – Mormons settle in Kirkland

Ohio’s Economy GrowsOhio Adventures in Time and Place p.167- 173

Productive Resources

Manufacturing – is making large amounts of goods in factories.

What do you think this worker manufacturing?

The Factors of ProductionLand• Includes all the natural

resources on Earth.• Soil, Water, Minerals,

Animals and Plants

Labor• Workers with all their

different skills and talents

Capital• The money and other things

used to produce goods• Buildings, tools, vehicles and

machines to produce or transport goods.

Entrepreneurship• The skill, risk and leadership

used by people to start a new business or produce something new.

• A combination of land, labor and capital are needed.

The Growth of Industry in OhioOhio Adventures in Time and Place p.210-215

Ohio begins to industry growth with

the help of:• Coal mining in Mahoning Valley• Oil found in northwest Ohio• Natural Gas found in Findlay and

promised any business that would move there free fuel.

• Big Businessman, like John D. Rockefeller, America’s 1st Billionaire

• Another important industry was steel imported from Michigan to Cleveland using Lake Erie.

Oil fire 1944 at Standard Oil Company in Cleveland

Immigrants and IndustryKeep these notes to study and read nightly for the Unit Test.