Gilded Age Immigration HOW WAS IMMIGRATION BOTH A CAUSE AND AN EFFECT OF INDUSTRIALIZATION?
Why did immigrants come? What challenges did they face? Leaving religious persecution Political asylum More social mobility Wars Poor agriculture Economic opportunity By 1892: English language requirements Money v. education Nativism Assimilation v. maintenance of culture Some Facts…
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Population Stats Points of Comparison… Marin : 255,893 (520 square miles) SF: 805,235 (49 Sq miles) 1870: SF 149,473 NY 942,292 Chic 298,977 St. Louis 310, : 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.