| A | B |
|---|
| Pittsburg | steel |
| Chicago | meatpacking |
| New England states | textiles |
| Detroit | automobiles |
| Rapid growth of industry led to | overcrowded immigrant neighborhoods |
| Crowded lving conditions in cities led to | epidemics of typhoid, smallpox and tuberculosis |
| Ghettos were created | when landlords packed as many people as possible into tenements |
| In the late 1800s cities had | bad water, garbage in the streets, frequent fires |
| After the Civil War a majority og the immigrants came from | southern and eastern Europe |
| Settlement houses such as the Hull House | helped immigrants adjust to living in America |
| The majority of immigrants coming to America chose to live in | city neighborhoods with others from the same ethnic group |
| Thomas Edison | invented electric lightbulb |
| As more and more immigrants came to America, some worried the immigrants | would take their jobs |
| Many people in rural areas moved to the city because | machinery reduced the need for farm labor |
| Jobs in the cities attracted | thousands of immigrants to America |
| These people endured a lot of immigration in the mid to late 1800s | Chinese and Irish |
| In 1882, the U.S. passed a law stopping immigration from | China |
| Reasons immigrants came to America | Better life, religious freedom, adventure, escape from oppressive governments |
| The late 1800s saw the beginning of migration (moving) from | rural to urban areas |
