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The Rebirth of the USA

Explore the transformative impact of transportation innovation and immigration on the growth of American cities during a period of rapid industrialization, as well as the diverse cultural influences from Ellis Island and Angel Island immigrants.

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The Rebirth of the USA

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  1. The Rebirth of the USA Immigration, Innovation, and Transportation

  2. Transportation • Automobiles, Canals, Railroads and Steam Powered ships • You can move goods and people around the world cheaper and faster, this means you can make more money • You need cheaper labor = bring in from Asia • You need to get more natural resources = send them on a steam powered ship • You need more markets to sell items = put them on a railroad and send it to sell

  3. Transportation

  4. Innovation • Technology speed up communication • You can now speak to people remotely • You can move products without needing nature (bye wind and foot power) • Build: bigger, stronger, faster, better, cheaper = this allows you to grow

  5. Innovation

  6. Immigration • People from all over the world saw America as an opportunity • And America had lots of room and space to put people • They came from all over Europe and Asia • Eastern Europe = Northern USA think Minnesota • Irish = East coast from Boston to Savannah • Asia = the West Coast

  7. Immigration = Cheap Labor

  8. Rank in order of importance • Steam Engine • Railroad • Steel Press • Telephone • Lightbulb • Automobile • Telegraph

  9. Growth of the American City • Sky Scrappers • Automobiles • Immigrants • Ethnic Neighborhoods • Little Italy • China Town • Ghetto “Eastern Europeans”

  10. Cities became very large and overcrowded

  11. Immigration – Ellis Island • New York • From Europe • Come for labor in large Cities • Factory workers and industrial • Except some from northern Europe went to the Midwest Farms • https://www.libertyellisfoundation.org/ellis-island-history https://www.britannica.com/place/Ellis-Island

  12. Immigration – Angel Island • California • Mostly from Asia • Came to be cheap hand labor • Especially mining, building railroads, textile • http://www.angel-island.com/history.html • https://www.britannica.com/topic/Angel-Island-Immigration-Station

  13. Immigration Biography • Choose either an Ellis Island or Angel Island immigrant • Write a biography for them • Where did they come from? • Why did they leave their home? • What jobs would they do when they come to America? • Where would they live when they come to America? • What customs, practice, tradition, food, culture would they bring? • Include a picture, sketch, music, talent, art that hey would bring

  14. Open Note Quiz Friday 1/11 • Rockefeller and Standard Oil • Carnegie and Steel Industry • Importance of Railroads (especially Trans-Continental Railroad) • The importance of industrialization and the steam engine • Innovations of the time period, telephone, automobile, electric lights etc. • Compare/Contrast immigration to Angel Island vs. Ellis Island • The Growth of American Cities (large factories, steel buildings “sky scrappers”, immigrants, etc.”

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