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Industrialization and Progressivism. Unit 2 AH.HI.C12 Notes. Standard AH.HI.C12. Immigration, internal migration and urbanization transformed American life. IMPACT OF IMMIGRATION. The United States became more diverse Demand for workers was filled
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Industrialization and Progressivism Unit 2 AH.HI.C12 Notes
Standard AH.HI.C12 • Immigration, internal migration and urbanization transformed American life.
IMPACT OF IMMIGRATION • The United States became more diverse • Demand for workers was filled • Cultural Diffusion – the process of spreading cultural items from group to group or society to society • Cities expanded
THE GREAT MIGRATION • Many people left their farms for the cities seeking better job opportunities • Great Migration – the mass movement of African Americans who fled the rural south for the urban north • Wanted to escape prejudice and discrimination for better paying jobs in the north
IMPACT OF THE GREAT MIGRATION • Cities became more diverse • African Americans changed cities economically as consumers and workers • Cultural impact through music and literature
PHYSICAL EFFECTS OF URBANIZATION • The physical nature of cities was changed (ex. Skyscrapers) • Central cities focused on industry and commerce • Tenement buildings (apartments) provided housing for working families • Cities acquired additional land as they expanded outward
SOCIETAL EFFECTS OF URBANIZATION • Overcrowding led to increased crime with the development of gangs • Increased automobile ownership led to the development of suburbs • Growing middle class could easily commute between residential areas and the central cities for business and recreation.