STAAR SGI Day 1

The availability of jobs and new resources led to industrialization in the US

Immigrants were pulled to the US by the opportunity to work in factories

An increase in immigrants caused the construction of tenement housing

Settlement houses were opened in urban areas as a way to assimilate immigrants into American culture.

The government opened stations to process immigrants before they were allowed to enter the US

The action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country.

Reasons causing someone to leave a country.

Reasons causing someone to come to a country.

The process of adopting and fitting in with the existing local culture.

Hostility towards foreigners in the name of preserving the existing local culture.