APUSH AMSCO 6.8 Mind Map Guide

Gilded Age Immigration & Migration

Explain how cultural and economic factors affected migration patterns over time.

Growth of Immigration

What did the U.S. population do from 1850-1900?Explain the push factors that made Europeans immigrate. Explain the pull factors that encouraged people to come to the U.S. Describe the "old" immigrants and where they came from. Describe the "new" immigrants and where they came from. Explain how the Chinese Exclusion Act failed to stop Asian immigration to the U.S.

Growth of Cities

How much of the population lived in cities by 1900?Explain the internal migration occurring in the U.S. Explain the impact of mass transportation on American cities. How did tenement owners attempt to maximize profits, and what was done to address this? What did the overcrowding cause? What did ghettos allow immigrants to do?