notes group 1:
Some immigrants came to the US for jobs.
Most immigrants came from Europe and Mexico.
Many people got sick on the ships on the way to the US normally died from their sickness.
Some people were poor and so they got sent back to where they came from because they couldn't pay for what they needed.
In 1882 congress passed an act that limited immigration.
William Tweed was a boss of a political machine.
He was known as Boss Tweed.
The corruption in the government was caused by the desire for power and money.
Civil service was the system where government jobs go to the most qualified people.
About 20,000,000 people arrived in the US between 1870 and 1920.
Many Chinese came to the US because they were attracted by the gold rush.
People built homes for the people that had none.
People donated old clothing and household items to immigrants.
notes group 2:
Europe had bad food and homes which causes overcrowding.
Factories made material cheaper which caused unemployment.
In the US people have the freedom to practice what they please.
Immigrants like 'Merica.
Ireland were mostly catholic.
The potato famine caused them to immigrate to the US.
In the early 1800s New York's population grew a lot.
Cities got crowded and overpopulated.
It was getting more and more crowded everyday.
First immigrant act was to add .50 cent tax on each immigrant.
Factories in cities allowed men and children to work and women could make clothes or be a school teacher.
Children were put into dangerous working conditions and women had no political rights.
Music and art became really popular during the industrial revolution.
Tweed was an American politician.
Congress passed the homestead act which offered the public free land or little cost.
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