Finish blog discussions. Stay away from wikianswers and answers.comCh. 7.1:Why did immigrants come to the US?California Gold Rush, find jobs,freedom & gold,Where did immigrants come from?China, Japan,Germany, Mexico, Ireland,West Indies, Russia, Austria-Hurngary.What problems/issues did immigrants face on the trip over and once they got here?Anti-immigraion groups, finding jobs,Why did some people want to put restriction on immigration? What were those restrictions?They were taking all the jobs. Chinese Exclusion Act. Segregation.Ch. 7.2Why did cities grow so quickly in the late 1800's and early 1900's?Cheaper, more convenient, and provided better opportunities. McCorick reaper & steel plow, made farming quicker so the didn't need as many farmers. Called for more unskilled steady job. Settlement house-place where poor people could stay.What problems did cities fact due to the rapid increase in population?Transportation- created mass transit-public tansportation, street cars in 1873, electric subways in 1897,crime-sanitation-fire-water-Didn't have safe drinking water, big cities built public waterways. cholera 1870-filteration.housing- 2 options- boarding house or buy a house. Tenements-multifamily urban dwelling. 1879- New York City passed a law. Apartments had to have venatlation systems.What did some people do to try to help the bad situation in the cities?Made settlement houses,
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