SS Final Review

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SS Final Review

• Unit 5

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Transportation

• As more railroads were being built, cities grew.
• Factories were selling more goods because it
  could now be shipped around the country.
• As factories grew in cities, the population grew.
• Farmers grew different types of crops were able
  to ship them out to sell.
• Subways (railroads build under city streets) made
  getting around easier.
• Bridges were built to connect the other boroughs
  of NY to Manhattan.
• Cars were starting to be used on the streets.

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Immigration Labor

• Sweatshops were crowded, unhealthy places that
  didnt pay their workers fairly.
• Labor unions were formed to help get safe
  conditions fair pay to workers.
• Many immigrants had to work in sweatshops.

• Many immigrants came to find work, religious
  freedom a better life.
• Many lived in unhealthy tenements.
• They had to work hard.

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World War I

• The U.S wanted to stay neutral.
• Germany attacked American ships sending supplies
  to the Allies.
• U.S. joined the war.
• Many women worked in the place of the men who
  were off fighting in the war.
• The Allies won the war.
• Women were given the right to vote (19th
  Amendment.

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Great Migration Great Depression

• Many African Americans moved up North to work in
  factories, find better work for better pay,
  escape discrimination.
• This was known as the Great Migration.

• The Great Depression started after the stock
  market crashed.
• Many people were unemployed, factories
  businesses closed, farmers couldnt sell food
  make money.
• Roosevelts New Deal was programs made to try to
  get the country out of depression.

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World War II

• The United States wanted to remain neutral.
• Allie Powers fought against the Axis Powers
  Germany, Italy, Japan.
• U.S. joined the war after Japan attacked a
  military base in Hawaii Pearl Harbor.
• Allies won the war.

• Many New Yorkers joined the war effort.
• Factories in NY made supplies for the troops.
• Buffalo NY was home to the biggest combat
  airplane factory in the U.S. at that time.

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Changing Population

• Many Puerto Ricans migrated to NY looking for
  more opportunities.
• The Spanish speaking population grew in NY as a
  result.
• People of different ethnic backgrounds
  participated in government in NY Shirley
  Chisholm was the 1st African American woman in
  Congress.

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September 11, 2001

• The World Trade Center in NYC was attacked by
  terrorists.
• The brave firefighters, police officers, rescue
  workers of NYC tried to get everyone out of the
  buildings.
• Rudy Giuliani called all the rescue workers
  heroes.
• 3,000 people died that day.
• Many New Yorkers did what they could to help the
  victims.