• textbook --> pp. 592 - 600.
• AMSCO --> pp. 358 - 361.

1. How did the immigrants of the late 19c and early 20c differ from most of the earlier waves of immigration between the late 17c through the early 19c?
2. How was the immigrant experience different for European immigrants as opposed to Asian immigrants along the west coast?  What did they share in common?
3. What were the general characteristics of immigrant neighborhoods in the U. S. at the end of the 19c?
4. Describe the challenges, barriers, and stereotypes faced by immigrants in the American labor market at the end of the 19c.
5. What social institutions and community actions helped facilitate immigrant adjustment to urban life in America?  What were the barriers?  Which groups adapted especially well?
6. How did native-born Americans regard immigrant assimilation into American society at the end of the 19c?
7. What efforts were made to restrict immigration in the late 19c?  What ethnic group was fully excluded?
8. Was America, at the beginning of the 20c, truly a cultural "Melting Pot?"  Is it so today?

                          ASSIGNMENT 2:

• textbook --> pp. pp. 600 - 607.
• AMSCO --> pp. 361 - 364;  366 - 371.

1. What was the "Great Migration?"  Describe the living and working conditions of urban African-Americans at the end of the 19c.
2. Compare and contrast the residential patterns of the wealthy and moderately well-to-do urbanites with those of the majority.
3. How did big-city transportation technology evolve from the end of the Civil War to the early 20c?  What effect did this evolution have on life in the city?
4. How did the cities cope with urban hazards of fire, disease, and sanitation in the last quarter of the 19c?
5. Describe the consumer-oriented lifestyle of the new urban middle class.
6. How did the emergence of mass-market products and large retailers impact on the lives of urban families?
7. What were the main sorts of popular entertainment available to urban dwellers of the late 19c and early 20c? [Distinguish between the wealthy, middle, and working classes.]
8. How did the creation of a "high", elite urban culture inspire both serious writers and artists to render realistic portrayals of the seamy side of city life?