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Migration – In and Out. USH-4.5. I. Urbanization. Growth of cities Reasons: Center of trade Transportation hubs Centers of industry Farm tech raises supply Rural people looking for work Immigrants moving in. I. Urbanization. Cities offer: Elevators Steel building Suspension bridges - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Migration – In and Out
USH-4.5
I. UrbanizationA. Growth of citiesB. Reasons:
1. Center of trade2. Transportation hubs3. Centers of industry4. Farm tech raises
supply5. Rural people looking
for work6. Immigrants moving in
I. UrbanizationC. Cities offer:
1. Elevators2. Steel building3. Suspension bridges4. Trolleys5. Els6. Subways7. Culture and excitement
II. ImmigrationA. Pre-Civil War it was
Germans and Irish1. Disliked by “real”
Americans
B. Post-Civil War it was Eastern and Southern Europe
1. Italians, Poles, Jews, Russians, Serbs
2. Disliked by “real” Americans
II. ImmigrationC. Most move to cities for
workD. Most live in ethnic
neighborhoods1. Feels like home
E. Political machines help immigrants
1. Get things they need in return for votes
F. Cities get big and mean and leads to Progressive Movement
II. The Great MigrationA. Freedmen stayed in the
South after the Civil War
B. In the 1890s, AA move North & West b/c:
1. Poor cotton yields2. Boll weevil3. Jim Crow Laws4. Farm prices falling5. New mills only hire
whites
II. The Great MigrationC. AA found discrimination
there too1. Used as strikebreakers2. Live in the worst parts of
town3. Segregated
neighborhoods
D. WWI actually helped AA b/c it opened more jobs