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USII 4b Challenges after the Civil War
USII.4b) The reasons for the increase in immigration, growth of cities, and challenges arising from this expansion
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Chinese immigrants
USI Social Studies
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Changes and Challenges after the Civil War
-Why did many immigrants come to the United States in the late
1800s?freedom from oppressive ____________ , better
____________ , ____________, and _____________ freedom)
-Cities began to develop inland near (natural ____________ , needed for
industries)
-Americans were moving from ( ____________ to ____________ areaas)
______________ immigrants and ___________immigrants face discrimination. The _______________ Exclusion Act of _________ is an example.
-Jane _________ founded the __________ House to care for the poor in
American Cites.
Political machines like New York City’s ________________ Hall gained
power.
Thomas ______________ invented the ___________ ____________and
Alexander Graham invented the _______________.
Use interactive notes from notebook 4b part one, two , three and four
Paragraph 1
What happened as America grew and prospered?
What contributed to great change and challenges as America expanded, or grew?
Paragraph 2
Why did many immigrants come to the United States in the late 1800s?
What group of immigrants rushed to California for its gold and a better future?
What group of immigrants wanted to escape oppressive governments, revolutions, and poverty?
What group of immigrants came to escape starvation and disease?
What group of immigrants left behind overcrowded living conditions, low wages, and high taxes?
Paragraph 3
What happened as the population of the United States dramatically increased?
Where did cities begin to develop?
What kind of industries did these new cities grow up around?
What are two examples of specialized industries?
Paragraph 4
What else was the growth of American cities connected to?
What was one population change due to?
What was another population change due to?
Why were millions of Americans moving to the urban areas, or cities from the rural areas, or country?
Part 2 of notes (page 2)
Paragraph 1
What happened as America grew?
Paragraph 2
Why were some people worried about as more immigrants arrived in American cities?
Which two groups of immigrants faced discrimination?
What is discrimination?
Paragraph 3
What did many Americans in the western part of the United States want?
Why did they want Chinese immigrants to return to China?
How did discrimination affect the Chinese immigrants?
Have students retell their graphic to a partner!
Paragraph 4
What other group of immigrants faced discrimination?
Why were the Irish discriminated against?
How did discrimination affect the Irish immigrants?
Part 3 (page 3)
Paragraph 1
What happened as industry expanded?
What was one major problem?
What filled these poor neighborhoods?
Paragraph 2
How did tenement buildings cause major challenges?
Paragraph 3
Who was Jane Addams?
How did her efforts help to solve these problems?
Paragraph 4
What organizations in some of America’s major cities stepped forward to help immigrants?
How did these unofficial political organizations gain power?
What could the “boss” do for immigrants?
Paragraph 5
How did political machines prove to be a challenge?
How did these political machines grow in power and influence?
Page 4 Part 4 of notes
Paragraph 1
What contributed to the development of cities and industrial growth?
What was one of these inventions?
Who invented the electric light bulb?
How did Thomas Alva Edison use electricity?
Paragraph 2
What was another invention that contributed to change and industrial growth in America?
Who invented the telephone?
What was the telephone called?
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_________________________
What is an immigrant?
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This immigrant group was
often told they need not even apply for
jobs?
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Who were the two inventors that were
most influential on the twentieth century?
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The________________
_________Act of
__________
This was the first attempt to limit immigration into the United States?
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J________
A________
She worked to solve immigrant problems with the development of settlement houses.
After the Civil War, ( population, government ) changes, the growth of ( cities, farms ), and new ( schools, inventions )
produced interaction, and often, conflict between the different cultural groups that lived in the United States. They also produced problems in ( urban, rural )
areas.
Immigration increased for many reasons. Many people came to America because they
hoped for better ( houses, opportunities ). Others came looking for ( religious, educational ) freedom. Some people
came because they wanted to escape ( oppressive governments, democratic governments ) and find a place where they
could be free. Finally, there were those who came for the ( security, adventure ) involved with coming to America. For all
of these
reasons the population began to grow.
Cities were the destination of many Americans. Specialized industries such as the
( steel, oil ) industry in Pittsburgh and the ( meat packing, automobile ) industry in Chicago needed many workers. Many
( Indians, immigrants ) and people moving from ( rural, urban ) areas flocked to the cities in search of jobs.
Many new inventions contributed to the growth of industries in the United States. The electric light bulb invented by
( Henry Ford, Thomas Edison ) and the telephone invented by
( Alexander G. Bell, John D. Rockefeller ) helped spur the development of many businesses. Also over the next decades
industries began the shift from ( steam power to electric power, water power to steam power ).
As cities and industry grew so did the problems. Housing shortages were great and many of the newly arrived immigrants would crowd into areas where many members of their same group
lived in poverty. Those areas were called ( settlements, ghettos ). They lived in crowded apartment houses called ( tenements, slums ). To help solve the problems caused by such overcrowding ( machine houses, settlement houses ) were
created to provide child care, education , and medical care to these poor communities. One such place was Chicago’s Hull
House which was founded by ( Jane Addams, Andrew Carnegie ). Also political organizations known as ( political reformers, political machines ) grew and gained power by attending to the needs of the new immigrants and by providing them
jobs and housing. Many of the immigrants also faced different and unfair treatment because of their race, religion, or ethnic
background. That unequal treatment is called ( integration, discrimination ). Two groups who received especially bad treatment were the ( Chinese, Filipinos) and the ( Germans, Irish ).
Native Americans also faced many problems as more and more people moved westward
into Indian lands. Because of the frequent fights between the Indians and the newcomers the U.S. government forced many
Indians to leave their homes. They were made to live on ( reservations, ranches ) which were tracts of land set aside for
Indian communities. The government ordered the
( Sioux, Cherokee ) Indians into the reservations and they fought back. At the Battle of
( Little Big Horn, Nez Perce ) they killed General Custer and all of his men. Still within a few months they were forced to
surrender and move into the reservation. Another Indian group the
( Cheyenne, Nez Perce ) was forced off its land in the Pacific Northwest. Led by ( Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Chief Joseph ) they tried to escape into Canada. The U.S. Army captured them
only a few miles from the border and sent them to a reservation.
Coming to America - USII 4b
Name _____________________________________________ Date _________________
In each box below place
one reason that immigrants came to America. Choose
from the list below. Some of the reasons will NOT be used.
Religious freedom
New beginning for former slaves
Discovery of gold and silver
Ability to live in settlement houses
Escaping from oppressive governments
Hope for better opportunities
Chance to start a new nation
Freedom from taxes
Technological advances (Transcontinental RR)
Adventure