clustered near centers of manufacturing areas that Transporting finished products to national markets population. were located near centers of Examples of manufacturing areas population? Textile industry: New England Automobile industry: Detroit Steel industry: Pittsburgh USII.4 - The student will demonstrate knowledge of how life changed after the Civil War by: explaining the reasons for the increase in immigration, growth of cities, and challenges arising from this expansion. VDOE Essential VDOE Essential VDOE Essential Understandings Questions Knowledge Population changes, growth of Why did immigration increase? Reasons for the increase in immigration cities, and new inventions Hope for better opportunities produced interaction and often Why did cities grow and develop? Desire for religious freedom conflict between different cultural Escape from oppressive governments groups. What challenges faced Desire for adventure Americans as a result of Population changes, growth of Reasons why cities grew and developed these social and cities, and new inventions Specialized industries, including steel (Pittsburgh) technological changes? produced problems in urban and meat packing (Chicago) areas. Immigration to America from other countries
clustered near centers of population. manufacturing areas that were located near centers of population? Transporting finished products to national markets Examples of manufacturing areas Textile industry: New England Automobile industry: Detroit Steel industry: Pittsburgh USII.4 - The student will demonstrate knowledge of how life changed after the Civil War by: explaining the reasons for the increase in immigration, growth of cities, and challenges arising from this expansion. VDOE Essential Understandings VDOE Essential Questions VDOE Essential Knowledge Population changes, growth of cities, and new inventions produced interaction and often conflict between different cultural groups. Population changes, growth of cities, and new inventions produced problems in urban areas. Why did immigration increase? Why did cities grow and develop? What challenges faced Americans as a result of these social and technological changes? Reasons for the increase in immigration Hope for better opportunities Desire for religious freedom Escape from oppressive governments Desire for adventure Reasons why cities grew and developed Specialized industries, including steel (Pittsburgh) and meat packing (Chicago) Immigration to America from other countries
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