Urbanization and Immigration Webquest
· “PBS.org First Measured Century: Growth of Cities” -
1. What are the 2 modes of living that demographers (people who study population trends) typically distinguish? By the end of the 1800s, which of the two areas were growing faster?
2. Look at the chart “Growth of Cities.” From 1890 – 1920, which cities population grew the most? By how much?
· “City Life in the Early 1900s” -
3. A main form of transportation in cities during the early 1900s was horse-drawn trolleys. What type of “pollution” did these horse-drawn trolleys emit? How much?
4. When was NYC’s Central Park created? _______________ Why was it created?
5. Describe IN DETAIL what a tenement building was and what life was like there.
6. Look at the picture of a skyscraper on left side: In 1908, the Singer Building was the tallest skyscraper in the world at __________stories. By contrast, today’s tallest building, the Taipei 101, in Taiwan, is 101 stories tall.
7. Where did the Black population live in New York? Why did they migrate to New York?
“VIRTUAL TOUR -- The Lower Eastside Tenement Museum” -
8. Click on Urban Log Cabin How many people lived at 97 Orchard St in the years it was operational?
9. Click on the Rooms in 1870 Who lives in the tenement in 1870? How do they make money? How many live per room?
10. Click on the Rooms in 1914 How has the population of the tenement changed? How many people now live to a room?
12. What could explain the change in population?
Touring a Tenement
13. How big was the tenement?
14. What amenities does it have? How has that changed since the building was built?
15. What causes a change in tenement house lifestyle?
· “HistoryChannel.com – Ellis Island” -
16. On left of screen, click on “TIMELINE.” Scroll Down. What happened in the year 1892?
17. Use the internet to figure out what years World War I took place. Then find those years on the timeline and describe what happened to immigration to America during that time.
18. At the bottom of the page look for the video Ellis Island Medical Examination. List four conditions that doctors/physicians were checking for on incoming immigrants. Why do you think they were checking for these kinds of problems?