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German Immigrants, Forty-Eighters, and the Midwest
Investigate why German immigrants possessed greater financial capital, settled in Midwestern farming communities and cities (Cincinnati, Milwaukee, St. Louis), and supported abolitionism.

Investigate why German immigrants possessed greater financial capital, settled in Midwestern farming communities and cities (Cincinnati, Milwaukee, St. Louis), and supported abolitionism.
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9th Grade · Social Studies · US-NJ-SS
10 lessons
Use primary sources to explain the economic contributions, settlement patterns, and demographic transformations of antebellum European immigration waves.