America in Transition

People began to move from cities to rural areas.

The urban population declined.

The rate of expansion of railroad lines began to drop.

The proportion of Americans living in cities continuously increased.

creation of settlement houses to aid new immigrants

passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act

continuation of the contract labor system

assimilation of Native American Indians into mainstream culture

Northern and Western Europe

Canada and Latin America

Southern and Eastern Europe

China and Southeast Asia

along the major rivers of the Midwest

near large cities in the Northwest

in sparsely populated areas of the West

east of the Mississippi River

These cities became corrupt and crime-ridden.

The population of Western cities increased greatly.

Most Native American Indians relocated to these cities.

Railroads had little impact on these cities.

Great profits were earned there in the steel industry.

Railroads decreased in importance.

Immigrants could not afford to farm these lands.

Technological innovations made farming there possible.

unskilled factory and sweatshop workers

educated professionals

scientists and technicians

skilled craftsmen

denied voting rights to the poor

accepted bribes in return for favors

wasted money on military spending

discriminated against migrant workers

Immigrants were encouraged to learn to speak English.

Granite City had laws prohibiting immigrants from moving there.

The people in the poster were native-born Americans.

Granite City encouraged diversity in its immigrant population.

had job skills superior to those of most American workers

formed their own labor unions in order to receive higher wages

came from cultural backgrounds different from those of the majority of Americans

tried to replace American democracy with other forms of government