Immigrants in New York 1870-1915
Most of our families were immigrants at one time. For many immigrants arriving from Europe, New York City was not only the point of entry to the United States, but where they settled.
At http://www.wnet.org/tenement you will visit a building in New York where immigrant families lived in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Click on "Urban Log Cabin." By clicking on different rooms, you will see a picture and read a story about the family that lived there. On the left, it is 1870. On the right side the year is 1915 or later. Make a list of the families living in the building for both time periods. Next to each family, tell the country they came from.
1870
1915
How did the
children in 1870 spend their time? Was it different for children in 1915?
What kind of work
did immigrants do to support their families? Which members of the family
worked?
As you can see, life was not easy. Some
of the questions you may have are: Why were there so many immigrants?
Why didn't they live somewhere else? Why didn't someone fix the buildings?
Choose one question to research, then select a primary document to use
for research at http://acad.smumn.edu/history/contents.html.
Find the answer to at least one question for at
least one immigrant group.
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