Migration – In and Out

USH-4.5

I. UrbanizationA. Growth of citiesB. Reasons:

1. Center of trade2. Transportation hubs3. Centers of industry4. Farm tech raises

supply5. Rural people looking

for work6. Immigrants moving in

I. UrbanizationC. Cities offer:

1. Elevators2. Steel building3. Suspension bridges4. Trolleys5. Els6. Subways7. Culture and excitement

II. ImmigrationA. Pre-Civil War it was

Germans and Irish1. Disliked by “real”

Americans

B. Post-Civil War it was Eastern and Southern Europe

1. Italians, Poles, Jews, Russians, Serbs

2. Disliked by “real” Americans

II. ImmigrationC. Most move to cities for

workD. Most live in ethnic

neighborhoods1. Feels like home

E. Political machines help immigrants

1. Get things they need in return for votes

F. Cities get big and mean and leads to Progressive Movement

II. The Great MigrationA. Freedmen stayed in the

South after the Civil War

B. In the 1890s, AA move North & West b/c:

1. Poor cotton yields2. Boll weevil3. Jim Crow Laws4. Farm prices falling5. New mills only hire

whites

II. The Great MigrationC. AA found discrimination

there too1. Used as strikebreakers2. Live in the worst parts of

town3. Segregated

neighborhoods

D. WWI actually helped AA b/c it opened more jobs