notes over blogs:
Group 1: Immigrants came for jobs and to get away from harsh living. Most of the immigrants came from Europe. Trips were long and dangerous. In 1910 half of the population was immigrants. William Tweed was the boss of a political machine. Civil service was a system where government jobs go to the most qualified people. Many Chines came over to woek on the railroads. People built homes for people who had nothing.
Q 1. why did immigrants come to the us?
2.What is the political machine?
roup 2: pull factors, population growth, religion, German revolution. Push factor, freedom,better living environment and land because of overcrowding. They mostly came from Britain, Ireland, Germany, Sweeden, Denmark and China. Crime rates grew. Many sanitation problems. Qualifying to be a US citizen you had to be able to read 40 words in english. Men and children were allowed to work in cities, making clothes or other needs. Boss Tweed was voted into the house of representative.
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