WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
IMMIGRATION IN INDUSTRIAL AMERICA
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Immigrants avoided living in multifamily housing in the city.
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Many rural Americans moved to the cities to find jobs.
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Immigrants clustered in groups to preserve their culture.
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Transportation between parts of the city was poor.
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Detailed explanation-1: -What is one reason cities became divided according to ethnicity? Immigrants clustered in groups to preserve their culture.
Detailed explanation-2: -Many of the nation’s new immigrants settled in the cities in the early 1900s. They came there to find jobs in the cities’ growing factories and businesses. Immigrants settled mainly in cities in the Northeast and Midwest. The result was rapid urbanization, or growth of cities, in those regions.
Detailed explanation-3: -Acculturation is a process through which a person or group from one culture comes to adopt the practices and values of another culture, while still retaining their own distinct culture.
Detailed explanation-4: -Like most immigrants that came before them, early 20th century immigrants came to better their lives. In Europe, many left their homelands in search of economic prosperity and religious freedom. Living conditions in Europe were degraded, as poverty and an exploding European population led to food shortages.