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1. Immigration During the Gilded
Age
Timothy Kang,
Gabrielle Rights,
Ryan Klasky

2. Topic Question
What immigrants from Europe wanted in
coming to America, and what America gave
them, both changed during the period 1607-
1911? Discuss changes BOTH in what these
immigrants wanted and what they found,
giving about equal attention to the periods of
1607-1790 and 1820-1915.

3. Immigration around the Gilded Age
• Surge of Chinese immigrants (irrelevant due to
the prompt specifically demanding the
situation of the immigrants in Europe).
• Prior Gilded age held immigrants from Ireland
(escaping famine), Western Europe
(opportunists), and wealthy Germans
• During Gilded Age: South Eastern European
immigrants appearing

4. Working on a thesis….
• Create a main idea that will provide guidance
for your essay
• Look back and read the prompt (slide 2)
• For example, we will use
» During the Gilded Age, the immigrants of Europe shifted
from Western Europe to the South Eastern Europe,
seeking opportunities and an escape from conditions of
their native nations.

5. Strengthen your Thesis With Some
Support
• These will be your body paragraphs as well as
ways to answer the prompt.
• Keep in mind, you should use evidence you
have learned through the course as well as
background information you may have
crossed in your high school journey

6. Discuss the Change of Foreigners

7. Discuss the Change in Objectives of
the Immigrants
• Irish ideally immigrated due to the Potato
Famine
• South Eastern immigrants sought to find
opportunities not provided in their native
nations
• Found jobs within urban areas, increasing the
population in slums

8. Discuss What They Found in the US
• Irish and the new wave of immigrants were
both confronted with anti foreigner
movements as seen with the Nativist
movements which grew during the Gilded
Age.
• They both found poverty and slums which
were very hard to overcome.

9. Conclude with a run through of your
points
• Restate Thesis in a different iteration, if you
must
• Run through your supporting ideas to refresh
the reader

10. Congratulations!
You now know how to answer this prompt
(see slide 2 for full prompt)

11. Miniature Citation
• The American Pageant, Bailey
• http://www.slideshare.net/coachlowe/unit-1-
powerpoint-4-the-gilded-age-immigration
• http://dig.lib.niu.edu/gildedage/narr5.html