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Task for Today Create a paragraph with a minimum of seven sentences about how immigrants changed life in America.Create a paragraph with a minimum of seven sentences about how immigrants changed life in America. Sentence One - Green - Topic SentenceSentence One - Green - Topic Sentence Sentence Two - Yellow - Explain a ChangeSentence Two - Yellow - Explain a Change Sentence Three - Red - Give an ExampleSentence Three - Red - Give an Example Sentence Four - Yellow - Explain a ChangeSentence Four - Yellow - Explain a Change Sentence Five - Red - Give an ExampleSentence Five - Red - Give an Example Sentence Six - Yellow - Explain a ChangeSentence Six - Yellow - Explain a Change Sentence Seven - Red - Give an ExampleSentence Seven - Red - Give an Example
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The Rise of Big Cities Immigration Increases - People come to US looking for work, freedomImmigration Increases - People come to US looking for work, freedom Movement in US from farms to factoriesMovement in US from farms to factories Great Lakes/Midwest Booms - St. Louis, Detroit, Chicago, Buffalo explodeGreat Lakes/Midwest Booms - St. Louis, Detroit, Chicago, Buffalo explode NYC had 800,000 and Philadelphia has 500,000.NYC had 800,000 and Philadelphia has 500,000.
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Immigration Irish - largest group of immigrants - 1.5 million come because of a potato famine. Take railroad and construction jobs.Irish - largest group of immigrants - 1.5 million come because of a potato famine. Take railroad and construction jobs. Germans - Second largest group. Move to western PA, Midwest to farmGermans - Second largest group. Move to western PA, Midwest to farm
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Impact of Immigration Immigrants bring new cultures, ideas with themImmigrants bring new cultures, ideas with them Catholicism - many newcomers are Catholic (Irish and half of Germans)Catholicism - many newcomers are Catholic (Irish and half of Germans) Nativists - fearful of losing jobs, lower pay, crime, and overcrowding, these people oppose immigration and discriminate against immigrantsNativists - fearful of losing jobs, lower pay, crime, and overcrowding, these people oppose immigration and discriminate against immigrants Know-Nothing Party - political group who seek to make it harder to become residents. Name comes from people not admitting to being members.Know-Nothing Party - political group who seek to make it harder to become residents. Name comes from people not admitting to being members.
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“I know nothing but my country, my whole country, and nothing but my country.”
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Task for Today Create a paragraph with a minimum of seven sentences about how immigrants changed life in America.Create a paragraph with a minimum of seven sentences about how immigrants changed life in America. Sentence One - Green - Topic SentenceSentence One - Green - Topic Sentence Sentence Two - Yellow - Explain a ChangeSentence Two - Yellow - Explain a Change Sentence Three - Red - Give an ExampleSentence Three - Red - Give an Example Sentence Four - Yellow - Explain a ChangeSentence Four - Yellow - Explain a Change Sentence Five - Red - Give an ExampleSentence Five - Red - Give an Example Sentence Six - Yellow - Explain a ChangeSentence Six - Yellow - Explain a Change Sentence Seven - Red - Give an ExampleSentence Seven - Red - Give an Example
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