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Social Studies HomeworkMay 21, 2012 to May 25, 2012Monday- Letter to the TroopsDue: Wednesday follow the directions on The homework page (see website)Tuesday- Practice for the assembly on Friday (See the website for the words)Wednesday- Study Notes for chapter 6 lessons 1 & 2 quiz MondayFriday- Wounded Warriors Memorial Day Assembly & Blue Pigs AssemblyChapter 6 Lesson 2 pg. 178 NotesII. A Wave of Newcomers The New Immigrants Michigan had a good economyMost immigrants came from southern or eastern Europe (example Poland)Most immigrants worked in factoriesPolish, Greek, Italian, and African American neighborhoods began to growWhy They CameMost came to make money, war, or religious freedomThe Great MigrationMany African American began to move to MichiganThis move was called the Great MigrationUnfair Treatment Many African Americans came to Michigan for better paying jobsThey experienced hard times and discrimination in the southAfrican American couldn’t find well paying job, in the south or shop in the same stores as whites they also couldn’t voteLife was not much better for African American in MichiganThey got the hardest jobs and whites wouldn’t work with themTheir neighborhoods grew like “Black Bottom”Hastings St. was known for their jazz clubs in Black BottomArab AmericansArab Americans migrated from place like Syria, Lebanon, and Egypt (Middle Eastern)More Arab Americans live in Dearborn, MI than any other place in the countryMost Arabs are Muslim (Islam)One of the country’s first mosque were built in Dearborn, MIWhat You LearnedA.B.C. ................
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