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Cultural and Economic Contributions of New Immigrants
Summarize how immigrants enriched American culture, established vibrant neighborhoods, and provided essential labor for national growth.
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Immigration, Urbanization, and Progressive Reforms
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Explore how mass immigration and rapid urbanization reshaped American cities, the hardships workers and immigrants faced, and the reforms created to address these challenges.
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SS.5.15West Virginia Social Studies Standards · All agesSummarize the significance of large-scale immigration and the contributions of immigrants to America in the early 1900s (e.g., the countries from which they came, the opportunities and resistance they faced when they arrived and the cultural and economic contributions they made to this nation, etc.).
SS.5.24West Virginia Social Studies Standards · All agesAnalyze the people and the factors that led to Industrialization in the late 19th century United States. • Examine how the Industrial Revolution was furthered by new inventions and technologies (e.g., light bulb, telegraph, automobile, assembly line, etc.). • Identify prominent inventors and scientists of the period and summarize their inventions or discoveries (e.g., Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, the Wright Brothers, Henry Ford and Albert Einstein, etc.). • Explain the causes and effects of immigration and urbanization on the American economy during the Industrial Revolution (e.g., role of immigrants, the growth of cities, the shift to industrialization, the rise of big business and reform movements, etc.).