Industrial Revolution in America and Immigration Issues

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Industrial Revolution in America and Immigration
Issues
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Video Journal 1 China to Chinatown

• 1.) Describe the Chinese immigrant experience in
  America. Use examples from the video.
• 2.) What types of prejudices did they face?

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New Production Methods

• Mass Production
• Cheaper goods
• Assembly Line
• Made faster
• Unskilled Labor
• Easily replaceable.

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Mass production made famous by Henry Ford
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Impact of Mass Production?
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Lowell Mills

• Women would go to the Mills to work and live.
• Young women would go there to make money for
  their families.
• Textile mills and domestic work were the only two
  jobs available for them.

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Children Worked the Mines and the Factories
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Children Could Fit Into Mine Tunnels Where Adults
Could Not
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Video Journal 2 A Child on Strike

• 1.) Provide a summary of what the video is about.
• 2.) What is the importance of what this girl did?
  How did she change America?

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Mass Immigration

• One of the biggest impacts of the I.R. was the
  movement to the cities from the country.
• Towns became overcrowded, and city life becomes
  controlled by the few rich.

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Immigration by the Numbers

• Between 1900-1915 15 million immigrants came to
  the U.S.!!
• ¾ of NY population were either immigrants or 1st
  generation.
• Unlike in the past they are coming from mostly
  non-English speaking countries.
• What problems would this cause in American cities?

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• The new cities were not prepared to handle the
  influx of people.

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