1. 1 8 3 0 - 1 8 6 0
IMMIGRATION AND
NATIVISM

2. Urban Growth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
New York City, New York

3. Effects of Urbanization
Sanitation and sewage problems
Inadequate policing
Impure water

4. Immigration Rate Increase

5. Why did they come?
Europe was overpopulated
“Land of freedom and opportunity”
Travel to the US was easy and inexpensive

6. The Irish
Why did they
come?
Where did they
go?
Life for the
Irish
Who helped
them?

7. The Germans
Why did they
come?
Life for the
Germans
Impact of
German
Immigrants

8. Reactions to Immigration
Nativists
Antiforeignism
Catholicism v.
Protestantism

9. Results of Immigration
Racially varied country
Economic expansion
Industrial revolution