UNST 220 Understanding Communities
Dr. Martha J. Bianco
Module II Lecture Guide
Part I
The Rich Just Keep Getting Richer
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I. Immigration
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Passengers aboard ship
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Crowded conditions on ship |
First sight of America for
first waves of immigration |
Ellis Island from the sky |
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View of approach to Ellis
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Ellis Island from docked
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Inside great hall at Ellis |
Eye exam at Ellis Island |
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A. Sources of Immigrants
B. Reasons for Migration within US
1. Local conditions ("push" factors):
2. Conditions in medium and large cities ("pull" factors)
Early 20th
century pamphlet inviting immigrants to Minnesota
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C. Foreign Immigration
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Timeline of Immigration
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schematic of First and Second Wave US Immigrants
1. First-Wave Immigrants
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Early English settlers |
African slaves |
Slaveship |
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German immigrants at Ellis Island |
Immigrant Irish factory workers |
Chinese immigrants in Americanization class |
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