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4b: Reasons for the increase in immigration

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1 4b: Reasons for the increase in immigration
Hope for better opportunities

2 4b: Reasons for the increase in immigration
Desire for religious freedom

3 4b: Reasons for the increase in immigration
Escape from oppressive governments

4 4b: Reasons for the increase in immigration
Desire for adventure

5 4b: Reasons why cities grew and developed
Specialized industries, including steel (Pittsburgh) and meat packing (Chicago)

6 4b: Reasons why cities grew and developed
Immigration to America from other countries

7 4b: Reasons why cities grew and developed
Movement of Americans from rural to urban areas for job opportunities

8 4b: Reasons why cities grew and developed
Rapid industrialization and urbanization led to overcrowded immigrant neighborhoods and tenements.

9 4b: Efforts to solve immigration problems
Settlement houses, such as Hull House founded by Jane Addams

10 4b: Efforts to solve immigration problems
Political machines that gained power by attending to the needs of new immigrants (e.g., jobs, housing)

11 4b: Discrimination against immigrants
Chinese

12 4b: Discrimination against immigrants
Irish

13 4b: Challenges faced by cities
Tenements and ghettos

14 4b: Challenges faced by cities
Political corruption (political machines)


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