| Immigration and the Industrial Era |
| Unit Overview: How did immigration and industrialization benefit the United States? The Civil War has ended and now the United States is ready to step up as a world leader. Immigrants stream into the United States on both coasts driven by new opportunities. Huge factories need laborers and conditions in Europe and Asia are poor so many are looking for opportunities to start over. By the thousands immigrants are coming through Ellis and Angel Islands and are being processed into the United States. The United States is the land of many golden opportunities and the great melting pot. It's an exciting time to live in the United States.Think about the following questions to get you started on your quest to understand immigration and industrialization. By then end of this unit you will be able to answer the questions below and many others. 1.What countries did immigrants come from, why did they come, and how did they get to the United States? 2.How did the United States become more industriaized? What were the major industries of the time? 3.Who were the major industrialists and philanthropists of the time? 4.What is it like to be a recent immigrant in the United States? 5. How does immigration influence the United States today? |
| Major Writing Assignments and Projects: immigrant letter Industrialist hero and wanted poster |
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