1. Immigration in the United States Today’s Objective: We will determine the various factors that brought immigrants to the United States during the late 1800s and early 1900s, and how did the rise in immigrant populations impact life in the United States? On a clean sheet of paper copy and answer the following questions: 1.Why do you think immigrants came to the United States in the late 1800s and early 1900s. 2.Do you think that most immigrants had a positive experience once they arrived? Explain.

2. Create the following chart on your paper, below the warm up question: Place of Origin Reasons for Immigration Experience in the United States Europe Asia Mexico Remember….make it large enough and neat enough so that you have room to write your responses!

3. Now that you have completed your chart, you will take Cornell Notes from Chapter 8 Section 3 Guiding Question How did housing change in Manhattan and why? Expanding Cities: What caused cities across the US to grow during this period? How Cities Grew: What developments allowed cities to grow during this time period? How did the cities grow? What was new and different about these more modern cities? Notes

4. Urban Living Conditions What is a tenement? Describe the living conditions in urban areas. How did the living conditions affect health/sanitation? Results of City Growth: How did the growth of cities impact Politics? Who was William Marcy Tweed and what was Tammany Hall?

5. Create A Flow Chart (beneath your notes) Revisiting the Objective: We will determine the various factors that brought immigrants to the United States during the late 1800s and early 1900s, and how did the rise in immigrant populations impact life in the United States? Immigration to the United States Cause Effect