Industrial Revolution in America and Immigration Issues

Video Journal 1: China to Chinatown 1.) Describe the Chinese immigrant experience in America. Use examples from the video. 2.) What types of prejudices did they face?

New Production Methods Mass Production: Cheaper goods Assembly Line: Made faster Unskilled Labor: Easily replaceable.

Mass production made famous by Henry Ford

Impact of Mass Production?

Lowell Mills Women would go to the Mills to work and live. Young women would go there to make money for their families. Textile mills and domestic work were the only two jobs available for them.

Children Worked the Mines and the Factories

Children Could Fit Into Mine Tunnels Where Adults Could Not

Video Journal 2: “A Child on Strike” 1.) Provide a summary of what the video is about. 2.) What is the importance of what this girl did? How did she change America?

Mass Immigration One of the biggest impacts of the I.R. was the movement to the cities from the country. Towns became overcrowded, and city life becomes controlled by the few rich.

Immigration by the Numbers: Between 1900-1915 15 million + immigrants came to the U.S.!! ¾ of NY population were either immigrants or 1st generation. Unlike in the past they are coming from mostly non-English speaking countries. What problems would this cause in American cities?

The new cities were not prepared to handle the influx of people.