On this day, we picked up projects again starting with the last part of Chapter 7 Section 1. Here are the questions:-Why did immigrants come to the US? Higher wages, California Gold Rush, railroads, farming, family businesses, factory work, mining, religious freedom, the space in America, better education, industrial boom, sicknesses and political turmoil.-Where did immigrants come from? England, Ireland, Germany, Italy, Japan, Poland, Austria/Hungary, the West Indies, Mexico.-What problems/issues did immigrants face on the trip over and once they got here? Chinese Exclusion Act, with the Chinese taking American jobs. Most immigrants had to travel in the cargo hold of freighters, a week-long journey, lice in all of the bunks, shared toilets, and the easy spread of disease, limited space on ships. Hard to get jobs, find a place to live, and were frowned upon by Americans, religious belief differences sometimes led to violence.-Why did some people want to put restriction on immigration? What were those restrictions? With the Chinese Exclusion Act, Chinese Immigration stopped all immigration of Chinese. 20% had to stay one day, and 2% of those 20 had to go back to their home.Ch. 7.2--Why did cities grow so quickly in the late 1800's and early 1900's? Immigrants came ot the cities because it was cheaper, more convenient and provided better oppourtunites, and once the reaper and steel plow were invented, less famers were needed, so they moved into the cities.-What problems did cities fact due to the rapid increase in population? Dozens of cultures came to the cities, and they wanted one dominant culture. Immigrants wanted to keep their way of lives, so they stayed in different parts of the cities with their other immigrants. Transportation created transit and various systems came. Crime, sanitation. Safe water was scarce, caused filteration and chlorea, so cities built waterways. Fire, Housing choices were boarding houses or building your own, but they eventually came up with tennants, and in 1879 ventilationa and plumming became necessary.-What did some people do to try to help the bad situation in the cities? Jane Addams decided to help the poor and the enviorment, so she visited England and went into settlement houses. She later went on to be a co-winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.Before we could finish, the bell rang.
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