5-3 The Rise and Fall of Populism. Started in St. Louis. 1893 Americas economy was not that good. Populist Movement was made to help the common person more than rich people.
7-2 Immigrants came to America because of the Potato Famine, Job shortages, to be free, to escape discrimination. People came to American cities because of transportation improvement, convient, jobs. Bad reasons they came were the Potato Famine and Depression. Jobs were easy to find because of all the factories. The Potato Famine was a fungus that was on crops and made them bad to eat.
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