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Due Date: ____11/7/2014____________
Period:_________________________
Immigration Writing Assignment Rubric
The rise of industrialization in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries increased the
demand for workers. With this demand, immigrants came from other countries and Americans migrated
from other parts of the United States to take jobs in industrial centers.
Many people left their farms for the cities seeking greater job opportunities. The Great Migration marked the mass movement of African Americans who fled the rural South for the urban North. They sought to escape prejudice and discrimination and secure better-paying jobs. They helped transform northern cities economically (e.g., as workers and consumers) and culturally (e.g., art, music, literature).
Urbanization transformed the physical nature of cities. Central cities focused on industry and commerce. Buildings became taller and tenement buildings provided housing for working families. Cities acquired additional land as they expanded outward.
The crowding of cities led to increased crime with the development of gangs. Improvements in transportation (e.g., trolleys, automobiles) facilitated the development of suburbs. A growing middle class could easily commute between residential areas and the central cities for business and recreation.
DIRECTIONS: You are to construct a six paragraph essay describing in detail the push/pull factors for immigration to the United States, internal migration in the united states due to industrialization, the resulting urbanization of cities (growth of cities), and the effects that urbanization had on city environments (both good and bad).
Guidelines:
-Introductory paragraph with a clear thesis, and a description
of what will be presented in the paper (see directions) ______/10
-Body #1 – Description of push/pull factors for immigration to, and internal migration in
the United States during the Industrial Revolution ______/20
-Body#2 – Analysis of how cities will grow and expand due to
immigration/internal migration ______/20
-Body#3 – Analysis of transportation developments, and their roll on the
growth of urban landscapes during the Industrial Revolution ______/20
-Body#4 – Analysis of the effects that urbanization had on city environments In regards to crime,
disease, and poor living and working conditions including child labor. ______/20
-Closing paragraph clearly restating the ideas and topics discussed in the essay ______/10
GRADE: _________/100
(Staple this rubric to the front of your essay prior to turn in on 11/22)
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