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15 Cards in this Set
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Old Immigration
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-Brought in Europeans familiar with the culture
-Highly Skilled -Better jobs, invloved in politics -Pre 1880 |
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New Immigration
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-Early 1900s
-Don't assimilate well with American culture -Looked down upon -Illiterate |
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Polish Immigrants
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-1850
-Illiterate -Took jobs in stockyards, steel mills, factories -Subject of discrimination -Functioned like a serf society |
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Polish Catholic Church
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-Most vital Polish institution
-Provided cultural activities -Helped them gain independence from RCC -Was their way to keep their identity |
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Mundelein
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-German American who was an archbishop
-Put Polish priests in non-Polish institutions (Poles resisted his changes) |
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Italian Immigrants
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-Came to Chicago in large numbers
-Poor, and illiterate -Planned only temporary stays -Worked for/through the padrone |
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Padrone
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-Italian labor broker who spoke English
-Negotiated wages and found Italians work |
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Campanilisimo
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Entire villages immigrating at one time and staying together
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Contadini
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Means that you prefer to work indoors (like the steel mills)
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Eastern European Jews
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- Came from Austria-Hungary, Russia and Poland
- Lived in cheap, crowded, dangerous homes - Not as assimilated as German Jews - Most spoke Yiddush |
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Maxwell Street
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- Heart of Jewish neighborhood
- People from all over went to go shop/ sell |
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German Jews
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- Much more assimilated with the American culture
- Wanted to assimilate fellow Jews - Started reform Judaism |
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Greek Town
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- Tightly knit community
- Greek men offered own establishments there - Made it hard for Greeks to work with others |
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Czech Immigrants
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- Came in the 1850s
- Enjoyed politcal and economical success - 98% were literate - Tightly knit, yet established with other groups |
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Scandinavian Immigrants
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- Ahead of other ethnic groups
- Previously had built buildings - Able to extend community |
