For the next two days you will be investigating what life was like for immigrants when they made it past Ellis Island and settled in America. Think about the following essential questions:
1. Why did many immigrants move into neighborhoods with others from the same country? 2. What were the pros and cons of immigrating to America at the end of the 19th century? 3. What is a tenement and what were the conditions like? 4. How did cities change at the turn of the 20th century in order to handle the influx of millions of immigrants? 5. How did individuals like Jane Addams help immigrants acclimate to the United States and deal with difficult urban living conditions?