Industrialization and Migration in the Gilded Age

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(10 minutes)

Run-down and overcrowded apartment buildings, often found in densely populated urban areas, characterized by poor living conditions and inadequate sanitation

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Examine the two images of cities during the Gilded Age below. Consider the differences and think about what might have caused these changes.

a) What differences do you notice between the two cityscapes?

b) How do you think industrialization and migration contributed to these changes?

c) Predict one challenge that cities faced during the Gilded Age as a result of these transformations?

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Run-down and overcrowded apartment buildings, often found in densely populated urban areas, characterized by poor living conditions and inadequate sanitation.

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a) What do you think caused the congestion the author speaks of in the first sentence?

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b) What is the setting of this excerpt?

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c) How does the author describe this neighborhood? What do you think it was like for adults and children living here?

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d)What factors do you think contributed to the polluted and odorous air?

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Describe how American cities were impacted by rapid immigration into Northern industrial centers.

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What is the historical situation depicted in this excerpt? 

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(12 minutes)

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What is the main idea of the excerpt?

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Why do you think the speaker wants to be an American citizen?

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Explain the challenges that immigrants faced in gaining American citizenship. Think about immigrants today – do you think these same challenges still exist? Explain.

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(8 minutes)

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Using Document C

Briefly explain one effect of the historical situation depicted in the image. 

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(10 minutes)

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Construct a thesis statement for the prompt below. Explain how the Specific Factual Information listed would be used to support (or challenge) your thesis.

Prompt: Evaluate the extent to which immigration affected American culture in the period from 1848 to 1898. 

Specific Factual Information: 

-Urbanization

-Industrialization

-New immigrants