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19 Cards in this Set
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What is a Pull Factor
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is something that intreges you or makes you want to come
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What is a Push Factor
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is things that make you want to leave
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Examples of a push factor
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afraid of war, drought, predjuce
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examples of a pull factor
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more jobs, economy, and fredom
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why did most immigrants,ove into ethinic neighborhoods
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because it felt like home to them. people could understand them
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stock yard
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is a fenced area where animals are kept until the become food or until they are moved
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skyscraper
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is a very tall building
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rapid transit
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is a system of trains used to move people around
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slum
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is a poor crowed part of a city
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Adams and Star
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were reformers who opened Hull House in Chicigo in 1889
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Edison and Tesla
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thought of new ways to make electricty through wires
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settlement house
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is a community center for people in the city
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Compare and contrast the expirence of immigrants at Ellis Island (NYC) in the east and Angle Island (Chicigo) in the west
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compare
Ellis Island was in the east Angle Island is in the west Ellis Island was quicker than Angle they had to travel for 14 days Angle was slower than Ellis 19 days Ellis many people were in the storage the whole time Angle had people on a steam ship Contrast People had to wait a long time to get to the island The people had to be checked or tested Both journeies were bad People were separated by their wealth |
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immigrants mainly / in cities
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lived/ worked
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fewer were needed after were invented
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farm workers
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in the 1920. % of our population lived
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50%
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the first skyscraper was built in
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chicigo
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the growth of the made skyscrapers possible
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steel industry (Carnegie)
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also changed cities examples (5 examples)
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electricty; subways, streetcars, electric elevators, electric signs, and electric lights
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