Spurred by industrialization, American cities grew dramatically during the second half of the century. With this growth came other changes, and a distinct urban culture developed.
Your Assignment:
1). How did immigration change in the late 1800's?
2). How did some native-born Americans respond to the new immigrants?
3). Relate the immigration issues of the late 1800's to present day in the U.S.
Due: By Sunday no later than 11:59p.m.
1) many came from eastern or southern Europe.
ReplyDelete2) they were angered because they were taking American jobs and lowering wages.
3)they are very similar, we also have a high amount of immigrants that take American jobs for lower wages.
1.) New immigrants came from southeastern Europe and Asia and not from northwestern Europe.
ReplyDelete2.) Native-born Americans were against them they thought they destroy the society and take away their jobs.
3.) The different the late 1800's and now is that now more Mexican immigrants which come to the US and more illegal immigrants .
1.) New immigrants from eastern Europe, southern Europe, and Asia began coming to the United States.
ReplyDelete2.) Native-born Americans opposed the arrival of the new immigrants. They believed they were too different to integrate into society. They were also worried that they would take their jobs because the immigrants were willing to work cheaply.
3.) An issue in today's political scene is immigration reform. People are unsure of what to do with the illegal immigrants in the United States. In the 1800s, people weren't able to cope with the new immigrants bombarding their cities.
1) Immigrants started coming from other parts of the world other than just Europe.
ReplyDelete2) They did not want the new immigrants because they were scared that they would take their jobs and they also thought they were weird and would never fit in with society.
3) Compared to now a days we still don't want the immigrants and if they do come we usually give them the dirty jobs and pay them very poorly.
1. Immigration greatly increased.
ReplyDelete2. The nativists did not like the new immigrants because many of them were not English speaking and they did not w3ant them to get citizenship. They viewed the new immigrants as a threat to society.
3. They are very similar to today because they are trying to take many of our jobs and many do not speak English.
1) Immigration changed because more people from different nationalities started coming to the United States by the hundreds of thousands.
ReplyDelete2) Some native- born Americans did not like that the fact that immigrants were taking their jobs and were willing to work for lower wages. Some Chinese immigrants got their houses burned.
3) Immigrants today and back in the 1800s will work for lower wages and do not always live in the most sanitary places. They are also not always welcome to the United States with open arms. Some Americans still respond the same to immigrants but not at severely as the 1800s.
1.) Immigration greatly increased in the late 1800's. People came from eastern and southern Europe and Asia. Some also came from China and Africa, etc.
ReplyDelete2.) Nativists did not appreciate them coming to our country at all. They believed that the immigrants would never be able to fit in. They also thought that they were stealing many of the jobs that native-born Americans could be having. It was also believed that allowing them to work was lowing wages for everyone, not just the immigrants.
3.) Immigration issues are about the same today as they were in the 1800's. Look at our situation with Mexico. Our country is desperately trying to keep them out. Obviously, some are trying to sneak in, but those who aren't are still unwelcome.
1) Immigration increased a lot. Many came from southern and eastern Europe.
ReplyDelete2)They created an Immigration Restriction League that wouldn't let immigrants come to the United States unless they passed a literacy test. They didn't like that so many immigrants were taking over their country.
3) The immigration laws are way more strict now. You have to have many different pieces of paperwork to be able to come to the US. Back in the 1800's you could just come to the US, and nothing would happen.
1.) Many of these immigrants came from the eastern or southern parts of Europe.
ReplyDelete2.) Some were angry that these immigrants were taking there jobs because they were willing to work for low wages. Some of these nativists were okay with it and helped out the poop immigrants by giving them things or making community centers.;
3.) Back in the late 1800's, they dealt with immigrants mainly coming from eastern or southern Europe. Today, we are dealing with immigrants that are coming from all over the world. Also, we deal with many immigrants that have token some of our American jobs.
1) Immigration changed in the late 1800's because most of them were from southern or eastern Europe. Many of these new immigrants came to the United states to escape poverty or persecution. It also changed by immigrants coming from other parts of the world instead of just Europe. And there was also many different religions coming to the states too.
ReplyDelete2) They were afraid of all these new immigrants coming over because they thought that all these new people there wont be as many jobs and the wages to get paid will drop.
3) Today we still have the problem with too many people in America and not enough jobs. So there is a lot of people out there with no jobs and no money and don't have much just like the 1800's.
1) Immigration changed in the late 1800's by a new great increase of immigrants into the U.S. most new immigrants were southern and eastern Europeans who came to America to find jobs or to escape persecution.
ReplyDelete2) nativist did not want the new immigrants. they charged the immigrants to work cheaply robbed of American jobs and lowered wages for all.
3) Today immigrants have to do many things now to get into our country, they used to be able to just come over anytime. But there are some people that still do not want immigrants here in America. and some of the immigrants still work for low wages.
1.) Immigration increased by many coming from Eastern and southern Europe.
ReplyDelete2.) They were not very happy because Americans were losing their jobs and not getting as much money.
3.) It is extremely similar. Today we have immigrants that are taking peoples jobs and getting paid less.
1. immigration increased in the late 1800's.
ReplyDelete2. they were mad because they were taking their jobs and lowering the wages.
3.its pretty similar because theres about over people coming from mexico taking our jobs and they don't speak English. so for some reason we need to learn how to speak their language.
1) New immigrants came over to escape poverty and persecution. Most of the southern European immigrants were Italian or Slavic males who sought economic opportunities in the United States that were scarce in their home countries.
ReplyDelete2) the native-born Americans did not want the immigrants because they would take job opportunities away from them.
3) Immigration is not as easy. Most Americans still don't except immigrants.
1) the immigration grew greatly.
ReplyDelete2) the natives were mad because there were so many of them then they were worried about the immigrants taking their jobs because they would work so cheaply.
3)its basicly the same today as in the 1800s because there is still immigrants coming in to the states in large numbers and people hate that they can have jobs because they will work for like nothing
1) Immigration became a huge deal. Immigrants started coming from Southern and Eastern Europe to escape the life they had in the other countries, mostly poverty. Though, when they came to America, they found that it would be just as hard to make a life.
ReplyDelete2) The fear that their jobs were going to be taken by immigrants defined how the native born people reacted. They didn't want to give up their jobs to people from other countries.
3) Not much has changed from the 1800's to now. People still fear immigrants taking their jobs. Though the laws are much more strict, the immigrants cannot just come to America and take the jobs of the native born people. It takes a lot of work to become a citizen.
1. People in many parts of the world decided to leave their homes and immigrate to the United States. Fleeing crop failure, land and job shortages, rising taxes, and famine; as well as coming to seek personal freedom or relief from political and religious persecution. With hope for a brighter future, nearly 12 million immigrants arrived in the United States.
ReplyDelete2.Many native-born Americans resented the new immigrants. Industrialists were delighted with the plentiful cheap labor, but American workers were worried by these new arrivals' willingness to work long hours for low wages.
3. Americans thought that the new immigrants were going to hurt the US. They thought the immigrants were not going to be able to assimilate and become "real" Americans. They thought that immigrants had bad values and contributed to increased crime rates. These are issues similar to the ones today.