New Immigrants

The new immigrants

Vocabulary words:

-steerage:worst accomidations on the ship.

-mealting pot:where white people of all different nationalities blended to creat a single culture

-nativism:a belife that native-born white americans were superior to new comers.

-chinease exclusion act:the act prohibited immigration by chinease labor.

Express problems clearly

-After the U.S became an established nation, wee similar to all eras of immigration. First their was the lanuage barrier , and then getting a job and house. There was a lot of discrimination towards eachother to. Draw conclusion

-America was known as the land of opportunity because people were frfee to work and succed here in the 19th and early 20th century, immigration helped the us populatiom grow helping to populate the west and establish a base for industrialization, culturally they assimilated into a single american identity.

Section 2(cities expand and change)

-what challenges did city dwellers face ,and how did they meet them?

-City dwellers faced the noise, dirt, and crimeof the cities, the hardships of factory work,and the overcrowded, dangerous conditions of tenements.

Governments and city plannerstried to alleviate dangerous conditions and make cities better, safer places to live. In 1860, most Americans lived in rural areas, with only 16 percent living in towns or cities with a population of at least 8,000. This period was the beginning of an upsurge in American urbanization that brought changes to the country.

Section 3(social and culture trends)

*they were all famouse, who were inventors mark twain was an american humorist. Gilded age refers to the era of rapid economic and population growth in the United States during the post-civil and post-reconstruction aras of the late 19th century. The Pulitzers were among several jewish families living in the area, and had established a reputation as merchants andshowkeepers. Pulitzer, was a respected businessman and was regarded as the

*Consumerism is attributed to people's desires to maintain their status within the social circles they revolve

* Population

* Unemployment

* Poverty & backwardness

* Illiteracy

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