Houghton Mifflin Social Studies
Chapter 19, Lesson 2: Coming to America (pp. 486-491)
I. Immigrants in the United States
B. Immigrants faced hardships and lived in neighborhoods with other people from their home countries.
II. Immigrants and Politics
B. Some bosses cheated the people and made themselves rich.
B. Some Americans treated people born in the United States better than the immigrants.
C. Americans passed laws keeping many immigrants from coming to the United States.
Lesson at a Glance Outline
A. After 1920, most immigrants were unskilled and came from eastern and southern Europe.
A. Immigrants voted for politicians who gave them services.
III. Immigrants and Other Americans
A. Some people disliked immigrants because of racism.
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