The Urbanization of America
This lesson describes the waves of immigration that changed social patterns
and labor relations in the late nineteenth century. It also explores the
changes that industrialization and urbanization brought
to the country.
Duncan and his father visit Milwaukee, where they
learn about the push
and pull factors which influenced immigrants to the U.S. from a Polish
immigrant.
From what countries did most of the immigrants come in the
late 19th century? Why did they come, and what were their lives like after
they arrived?
Photographs
of Ellis Island (1902-1913)
Ellis Island Family History
Center
Angel Island Immigration
Station
Immigration
in American Memory
1965 Immigration Law
Lower East Side
Tenement Museum
The
Light of Liberty
Teen Immigrants: Five American
Stories
What changes did the Industrial Revolution bring for the
people and landscapes of the United States?
Lowell
National Historic Park
The Industrial Revolution
Blackstone River Valley National Heritage
Corridor
Eli Whitney Museum
Inside and American Factory:
The Westinghouse Works
The Story of Samual
Slater
Building
America's Industrial Revolution (lesson plan)
What were the reasons for the 19th century labor disputes?
How has the labor movement influenced social and political life in the
U.S.?
The History of
Labor Day
The Culture and History
of America's Union Movement from the AFL-CIO Website
The Haymarket Riot
of 1886
The Pullman Strike of
1894
The Triangle Shirtwaist
Factory Fire of 1911
The Great
Flint Sitdown
Flint
Sitdown Strike
Labor History Articles
Samuel Gompers
Gene Debs and the American
Railway Union
Child
Labor in American History
Child Labor
in America: Photgraphs of Lewis W. Hine
Between a Rock and
a Hard Place: American Sweatshops
The American
1890's: A Chronology
Learn about some famous and not-so-famous inventors and
inventions.
American
Inventors and Inventions from the Smithsonian
National Inventors Hall
of Fame
Inventor Archives
from MIT
Forgotten
Inventors
Lemelson Center for the
Study of Invention and Innovation
Honoring Black Inventors
of the Past
The Faces
of Science: African Americans in the Sciences
Thomas Edison
and the Menlo Park Library
Edison National Historic Site
Edison after 40
The
Invention Factory: Thomas Edison's Laboratories (Lesson Plan)
The Life of Henry
Ford
Wright Brothers National Memorial
The Wright
Brothers
First Flight
Wright Flyer Online
Recording
Technology History
Information Age: People,
Information and Technology
The
Revolutionaries (Silicon Valley innovators)
Make a virtual visit to Milwaukee.
Milwaukee Architecture
The Milwaukee Urban
Archive Online Exhibits
Milwaukee Visitor
Information
City of Milwaukee
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