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Bell Work

• If you are not done with the questions about the
  Telegraph and the Irish and Germans, then you
  need to complete them before lunch.
• This Day in History
• March 20, 1852- The anti-slavery novel by Harriet
  Beecher Stowe, Uncle Toms Cabin is published.
• March 20, 1854- Former members of the Whig Party
  meet in Ripon, Wisconsin and form the Republican
  Party.
• March 20, 1954- Americans become alarmed at the
  impending French defeat at Dien Bien Phu,
  Vietnam.

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Irish and German Questions

• How did the Irish thrive while war raged across
  Europe from 1793-1815?
• What brought a million Irish immigrants to
  America in 1845? Where did they reside when they
  made it to the U.S.?
• What was urban life like for the Irish?
• How did the Irish get involved in politics in the
  U.S.?
• Where did Germans settle when they came to
  America? Why?
• What brought German people to America in the
  1800s?
• How were the Amish unique from other German
  groups that settled in America?

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Bell Work

• Turn in Chapter 13 Review
• Get out a sheet of paper and number to 40.
• When you are done, turn in your test when you are
  finished and pick up the two handouts. Read those
  and answer the questions on the board.
• This Day in History
• March 19, 2003- The United States and coalition
  forces begin Operation Iraqi Freedom, starting
  the War in Iraq.
• March 19, 1945- General Friedrich Fromm is shot
  by firing squad for his participation in the
  failed assassination of Adolf Hitler in Operation
  Valkyrie.
• March 19, 1966- Texas Western College defeats the
  University of Kentucky in the NCAA Championship
  game. This was the first time an all black
  starting five won the title. Portrayed in the
  movie Glory Road.
• March 19, 1987- Chase Cato is born in Nashville,
  TN.

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Immigration Wave

• Large numbers of immigrants crossed the Atlantic
  in the mid-1800s to begin new lives in the United
  States.
• More than 4 million came between 1840 and 1860,
  mostly from Europe.
• More than 3 million of them were from Ireland and
  Germany.

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Reasons for Immigration

• Push Factors
• Starvation
• Poverty
• Lack of political freedom

• Pull Factors
• Jobs
• Greater freedom and equality
• Abundant land

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The Irish and Germans

• Irish Immigrants
• Fled Ireland because of potato famine in 1840s
• Most were very poor.
• Settled in cities in Massachusetts, New Jersey,
  New York, Pennsylvania
• Men worked at unskilled jobs or by building
  canals and railroads.
• Women worked as domestic servants for wealthy
  families.

• German Immigrants
• Some educated Germans fled for political reasons.
• Most were working class and came for economic
  reasons.
• Many became farmers and lived in rural areas.
• In cities they had to take low-paying jobs, such
  as tailors, seamstresses, bricklayers, servants,
  clerks, and bakers.

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Anti-Immigration

• Many native-born Americans feared losing jobs to
  immigrants, who might work for lower wages.
• Conflict between Protestants and newly arrived
  Catholic immigrants.
• Americans who opposed immigration were called
  nativists.
• Nativists founded a political organization called
  the Know-Nothing Party in 1849 to make it
  difficult for immigrants to become citizens or
  hold public office.
• Wanted to keep Catholics and immigrants out of
  public office.
• Wanted immigrants to live in United States for 21
  years before becoming citizens.

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Growth of Cities

• Rise of industry and growth of cities led to
  creation of new middle class.
• Merchants, manufacturers, professionals, and
  master craftspeople.
• New economic level between wealthy and poor.
• People found entertainment and enriched cultural
  life in cities.
• Cities were compact and crowded during this time.

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Urbanization

• Many city dwellers, particularly immigrants,
  lived in tenements poorly designed apartment
  buildings that housed large numbers of people.
• Public services were poorno clean water, public
  health regulations, or healthy way to get rid of
  garbage.
• Cities became centers of criminal activity, and
  most had no organized police force.
• Fire was a constant and serious danger in crowded
  cities.

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Word Bank

• Slave Nat Turners Rebellion home
• Family spirituals heritage
• Fields drivers property
• Plantations markets auctions
• Religion Veseys Uprising