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1 Migration – In and Out USH-4.5

2 I. Urbanization Growth of cities Reasons: Center of trade
Transportation hubs Centers of industry Farm tech raises supply Rural people looking for work Immigrants moving in

3 I. Urbanization Cities offer: Elevators Steel building
Suspension bridges Trolleys Els Subways Culture and excitement

4 II. Immigration Pre-Civil War it was Germans and Irish
Disliked by “real” Americans Post-Civil War it was Eastern and Southern Europe Italians, Poles, Jews, Russians, Serbs

5 II. Immigration Most move to cities for work
Most live in ethnic neighborhoods Feels like home Political machines help immigrants Get things they need in return for votes Cities get big and mean and leads to Progressive Movement

6 II. The Great Migration Freedmen stayed in the South after the Civil War In the 1890s, AA move North & West b/c: Poor cotton yields Boll weevil Jim Crow Laws Farm prices falling New mills only hire whites

7 II. The Great Migration AA found discrimination there too
Used as strikebreakers Live in the worst parts of town Segregated neighborhoods WWI actually helped AA b/c it opened more jobs


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