Urbanization

Urbanization

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What do you know about Urbanization?

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Following the Civil War, America experienced a big change. Millions of immigrants moved to U.S. in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. The era also saw an expansion in business and industry, leading to a huge growth of cities. Increased immigration, technological innovation, and social changes led to remarkable change in the American way of life.

Between 1880 and 1920, 20 million people decided to leave their homes and immigrate to America.

People came to America for a variety of reasons

• Better Opportunities

• Religious Freedom

• To Escape Oppressive Governments

• Adventure

Where did the Immigrants come from?

Immigrants mostly came from Europe and Asia.

Immigrates from Europe went through the American East Coast (New York).

Immigrates from Asia went through the American West Coast (California)

This huge increase in people AND new technology lead to URBANIZATION

• Urbanization is the process of an area becoming more city like

• New businesses were every where

• People were moving off the rural, farm lands into the cities

• Electricity was spreading into people's houses

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Which of the following is NOT a reason people immigrated to America?

• Religious Freedom

• College

• Adventure

• Better Opportunities

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When people immigrated from Europe, where did they go in America?

• West Coast

• Up North

• East Coast

• Down South

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Select all of the options that were happening during Urbanization

• People were moving from the farms to the cities

• American population was decreasing

• Electricity was spreading

• Businesses and Factories were being built

The majority of immigrants arriving in America moved to cities.

The biggest challenge for many new immigrants was finding a job.

A lot of immigrations were discriminated against.

That means people didn't want to hire them because they weren't from America.

Living Situation

• The rapid growth of cities lead to severe problems.  A lot of people lived in tenement homes at the turn of the century. 

  Tenements were apartment buildings in poor, run-down urban areas. 

  The apartments were typically cramped, poorly lit, not properly ventilated, and usually lacked indoor plumbing. 

Living Situation

• It was common for more than one family to share an apartment

• There could be 8 or more people sharing a one bedroom apartment

• Most immigrants could not afford to live somewhere else

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Where did immigrants typically move to ?

• Small towns

• Big cities

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Was it easy for immigrants to find jobs?

• Yes, there were a lot of new places that need employees

• No, they faced discrimination when looking for a job

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How would you describe the living conditions at the time?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT true about tenement houses ?

• They didn't have indoor plumbing

• They were clean and well kept

• They had poor ventilation

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What is something you learned today about Urbanization or Immigration?