TOPIC 6.9
Responses to Immigration
in
the Gilded Age
THEMATIC FOCUS Migration and Settlement (MIG)
Push and pull factors shape immigration to and migration within America, and the
demographic change as a result of these moves shapes the migrants, society, and
the environment.
Unit 6: Learning Objective G
Explain the various responses to immigration in the period over time.
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS
KC-1
Increasing public debates over assimilation and Americanization accompanied the growth of international migration. Many immigrants
negotiated compromises between the cultures they brought and the culture they found in the United States.
KC-2
Social commentators advocated theories later described as Social Darwinism to justify the success of those at the top of the socioeconomic structure as both appropriate and inevitable.
KC-3
Many women, like Jane Addams, worked in settlement houses to help immigrants adapt to U.S. language and customs.
Push and pull factors shape immigration to and migration within America, and the
demographic change as a result of these moves shapes the migrants, society, and
the environment.
Unit 6: Learning Objective G
Explain the various responses to immigration in the period over time.
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS
KC-1
Increasing public debates over assimilation and Americanization accompanied the growth of international migration. Many immigrants
negotiated compromises between the cultures they brought and the culture they found in the United States.
KC-2
Social commentators advocated theories later described as Social Darwinism to justify the success of those at the top of the socioeconomic structure as both appropriate and inevitable.
KC-3
Many women, like Jane Addams, worked in settlement houses to help immigrants adapt to U.S. language and customs.