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Ellis Island: European Immigration, c. 1900 11.2 Students analyze the relationship among the rise of industrialization, large-scale rural-to-urban migration, and massive immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe.
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Homework Essay outline with a thesis statement for the project is due tomorrow
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HOT ROC: CFA * Do this activity on a separate sheet of paper, it will be turned is as part of our CFA process. To what extent... The degree to which a thing extends in scope or influence. To what extent was the rise of industry positive for the U.S?
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Evidence Monopolies American Socialism Unions Increased Immigration Mass production Social Darwinism Philanthropy Sherman Antitrust Act Child Labor Sweatshops Collective Bargaining Robber Barons Government Injunction Bread-and-butter victories for workers Tenement Housing Invention of the light bulb Capitalism Categorization Prompt: To what extent was was the rise of industry positive for the U.S? Use the evidence above to come up with 2 categories that answer the prompt. Category 1:___________________________ ___________________________________ Evidence:___________________________________ _______________________ These items belong in the category because ___________________________________ Category 2:___________________________ ___________________________________ Evidence:___________________________________ _______________________ These items belong in the category because ___________________________________
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American Land- Bruce Springsteen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPIYmjzbK7c http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPIYmjzbK7c What is this land of America, so many travel there I'm going now while I'm still young, my darling meet me there Wish me luck my lovely, I'll send for you when I can And we'll make our home in the American land Over there all the woman wear silk and satin to their knees* And children dear, the sweets, I hear, are growing on the trees* Gold comes rushing out the river straight into your hands* If you make your home in the American land* There's diamonds in the sidewalks, there's gutters lined in song Dear I hear that beer flows through the faucets all night long There's treasure for the taking, for any hard working man Who will make his home in the American land I docked at Ellis Island in a city of light and spire I wandered to the valley of red-hot steel and fire**** We made the steel that built the cities with the sweat of our two hands And I made my home in the American land
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American Land- Bruce Springsteen There's diamonds in the sidewalk, there's gutters lined in song Dear I hear that beer flows through the faucets all night long There's treasure for the taking, for any hard working man Who will make his home in the American land The McNicholas, the Posalski's, the Smiths, Zerillis too** The Blacks, the Irish, the Italians, the Germans and the Jews The Puerto Ricans, illegals, the Asians, Arabs miles from home***-***** Come across the water with a fire down below****** They died building the railroads, worked to bones and skin They died in the fields and factories, names scattered in the wind They died to get here a hundred years ago, they're dyin' now The hands that built the country we're all trying to keep down There's diamonds in the sidewalk, there's gutters lined in song Dear I hear that beer flows through the faucets all night long There's treasure for the taking, for any hard working man Who will make his home in the American land Who will make his home in the American land Who will make his home in the American land
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WHY (did they come?) Middle East Africa Asi a S. Pacific Australia N + W Europe S + E Europe Canada/M exico/Cari bbean Central/ South America Land Forced : Servitude / Indentured N Jobs/ Education X Escape/ Persecution (Liberty) Family already in US X Democracy N Unkown
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Immigration from Europe 1 st Wave 1870s-1880s: Western and Northern Europeans (German, English and Irish Immigrants 2 nd Wave 1890s- 1920s: Southern and Eastern Europeans (Italian, Jewish, and Polish immigrants
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The Journey Across the Atlantic Steamships No windows, little ventilation, one toilet for hundreds of passengers Steerage class
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Arrival in America Ellis Island and Angel Island 75% Ellis Island Chinese and Japanese in Angel Island Statue of Liberty Give me your tired, your poor, your huddles masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door ~Emma Lazarus 1883, Jewish- American poet
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Ellis Island Medical Inspections: Six-second exam Legal Interviews 29 Questions: What is your name? Age? Do you have work waiting for you in the US? 20% failed one of these Hospital Further interviews 2% Deported
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Beyond Ellis Island: Many immigrants settle in cities: New York, Chicago, Boston 187025% of Americans live in cities 192050% of Americans live in cities Immigrants settle near others from their home country Ethnic Enclaves Tenements: crowded, dirty Settlement Houses: provide services, such as child care and classes
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Video Clip Ellis Island: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4wzVuXPznkhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4wzVuXPznk (2:12-14:40)
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