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4b: Reasons for the increase in immigration
Hope for better opportunities
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4b: Reasons for the increase in immigration
Desire for religious freedom
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4b: Reasons for the increase in immigration
Escape from oppressive governments
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4b: Reasons for the increase in immigration
Desire for adventure
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4b: Reasons why cities grew and developed
Specialized industries, including steel (Pittsburgh) and meat packing (Chicago)
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4b: Reasons why cities grew and developed
Immigration to America from other countries
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4b: Reasons why cities grew and developed
Movement of Americans from rural to urban areas for job opportunities
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4b: Reasons why cities grew and developed
Rapid industrialization and urbanization led to overcrowded immigrant neighborhoods and tenements.
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4b: Efforts to solve immigration problems
Settlement houses, such as Hull House founded by Jane Addams
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4b: Efforts to solve immigration problems
Political machines that gained power by attending to the needs of new immigrants (e.g., jobs, housing)
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4b: Discrimination against immigrants
Chinese
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4b: Discrimination against immigrants
Irish
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4b: Challenges faced by cities
Tenements and ghettos
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4b: Challenges faced by cities
Political corruption (political machines)
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