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Migration – In and Out

Migration – In and Out. USH-4.5. I. Urbanization. Growth of cities Reasons: Center of trade Transportation hubs Centers of industry Farm tech raises supply Rural people looking for work Immigrants moving in. I. Urbanization. Cities offer: Elevators Steel building Suspension bridges

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Migration – In and Out

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  1. Migration – In and Out USH-4.5

  2. I. Urbanization • Growth of cities • Reasons: • Center of trade • Transportation hubs • Centers of industry • Farm tech raises supply • Rural people looking for work • Immigrants moving in

  3. I. Urbanization • Cities offer: • Elevators • Steel building • Suspension bridges • Trolleys • Els • Subways • Culture and excitement

  4. II. Immigration • Pre-Civil War it was Germans and Irish • Disliked by “real” Americans • Post-Civil War it was Eastern and Southern Europe • Italians, Poles, Jews, Russians, Serbs • Disliked by “real” Americans

  5. II. Immigration • Most move to cities for work • Most live in ethnic neighborhoods • Feels like home • Political machines help immigrants • Get things they need in return for votes • Cities get big and mean and leads to Progressive Movement

  6. II. The Great Migration • Freedmen stayed in the South after the Civil War • In the 1890s, AA move North & West b/c: • Poor cotton yields • Boll weevil • Jim Crow Laws • Farm prices falling • New mills only hire whites

  7. II. The Great Migration • AA found discrimination there too • Used as strikebreakers • Live in the worst parts of town • Segregated neighborhoods • WWI actually helped AA b/c it opened more jobs

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