Massachusetts Standards
Industrial America and Its Emerging Role in International Affairs, 1870-1920
USII.2 Explain the important consequences of the Industrial Revolution. (H, E)
A. the expansion of cities
USII.3 Describe the causes of the immigration of Southern and Eastern Europeans, Chinese, Koreans, and Japanese to America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and describe the major roles of these immigrants in the industrialization of America. (H)
Seminal Primary Documents to Read: Emma Lazarus, “The New Colossus” (1883)
Seminal Primary Documents to Consider: Younghill Kang, East Goes West (1937)
National Standards
STANDARD 2
Massive immigration after 1870 and how new social patterns, conflicts, and ideas of national unity developed amid growing cultural diversity.
