1. What is Urbanization?
- growth of cities, mostly in the regions of northeast and midwest
2. For what reasons did a number of Americans move from the country to the cities?
-In the countries there was alot of new inventions which allowed less people to work. So, alot of americans moved from the country to the cities becuase the cities had alot of jobs open and unskilled workers could also work.
3. What were the housing problems that many poor city dwellers faced?
- Most families that immigrated would have to share a house with sometimes 3 families to a tenement and it was very unsanitary and packed. If they wanted to buy a house on the outskirts of town they would have transportation problems so alot of them bought a tenement which had problems.
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Immigration
1. Describe the causes of the immigration of Southern and Eastern Europeans, Chinese, Koreans, and Japanese to America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
-The causes of the immigration of the Southern and Eastern Europeans, Chinese, Koreans, and Japanese to America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries were they sought to escape difficult conditions- such as famine, land shortages, or religious or political persecusion. Others wanted to get more money, and then return to their homelands after. Many chinese came to seek their fortunes of gold.
2. Describe the journey immigrants endured and their experiences at United States immigration stations.
- When immigrtants were coming to the United States they had many bad experiences. When they were on the ships many of them had to sleep in lous infected bunks, they had to share toilets, and they were crowded together and didnt get fresh air very often. Alot of immigrants died before even getting to the United States due to infection and sickness. When they go to Ellis Island they had to be inspected by many people to make sure they could go to the new world. They were physically inspected and then got asked questions about their past. Only 2% got sent home, but the ordeal took more then 1 day sometimes. Asians and chinese arriving on the west coast went through the immigration center Angle Island and went through the same questions. When they were in the new world the immigrants had to get a job, find somewhere to live, and learn the new language.
-The causes of the immigration of the Southern and Eastern Europeans, Chinese, Koreans, and Japanese to America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries were they sought to escape difficult conditions- such as famine, land shortages, or religious or political persecusion. Others wanted to get more money, and then return to their homelands after. Many chinese came to seek their fortunes of gold.
2. Describe the journey immigrants endured and their experiences at United States immigration stations.
- When immigrtants were coming to the United States they had many bad experiences. When they were on the ships many of them had to sleep in lous infected bunks, they had to share toilets, and they were crowded together and didnt get fresh air very often. Alot of immigrants died before even getting to the United States due to infection and sickness. When they go to Ellis Island they had to be inspected by many people to make sure they could go to the new world. They were physically inspected and then got asked questions about their past. Only 2% got sent home, but the ordeal took more then 1 day sometimes. Asians and chinese arriving on the west coast went through the immigration center Angle Island and went through the same questions. When they were in the new world the immigrants had to get a job, find somewhere to live, and learn the new language.
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