Bronzeville
A huge MIGRATION of Black Americans from the South. What was it called?
The Great Migration
Pilsen is an ETHNIC ENCLAVE. Which groups CULTURE is it currently known for?
Mexican American
China
Built by IMMIGRANTS from which country
Poland (which wasnt techinically a country at this time)
People came to _________ because of the PUSH or PULL FACTOR
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Name one PUSH FACTOR that made Black southerners move
Segregation/Jimcrow, violence, lack of jobs
Which IMMIGRANT group first settled Pilsen according to our Jigsaw activity?
Czech immigrants
Name one TRADITION or part of their CULTURE kept alive
Lunar new year, Language, food,family associations
Name one PULL FACTOR that brought hem to Chicago
Factory jobs, family here, religious freedom
Name a challenge like discrimination andhow they built community
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Despite DISCRIMINATION, how did Bronzeville build COMMUNITY?
Black-owned businesses, churches, the Chicago Defender, the arts (jazz)
Murals celebrate HERITAGE. what does heritage mean and what do the murals show?
Traditions passed down;culture,history,struggles
Which vocabulary word describest the Chinese Exculusion Act?
Discrimination
Why was a church like St. Hyacinth Basilica so imporant to the polish community?
Center of the community life, religion, the polish language, schools, celebrations, and helping newcomers
How do two neighborhoods show the diversity of the U.S. story?
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Why was Bronzeville nicknamed the "Black Metropolis"
It was like a city within a city, with Black owned business, banks, newspapers, churches, and entertainment
Mexican American families forced out of the Near West Side for the UIC campus moved to Pilsen. Push or Pull?
Push, they were forced to leave.
Why might living close together in a ETHNIC ENCLAVE matter for Chinses immigrants?
saftey from discrimination, shared language, help with jobs and housing, keeping cutlure alive
Name a challenge of not speaking English and one way the community helped newcomers
Finding jobs, unfair treatment, polish churches, newspapers, and business helped
Claim + Evidence + Reasoning about one neighborhood
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Give one PUSH and one PULL factor of the Great Migration and explain how they worked together
PUSH - Jim Crow,violence,few opportunities.
PULL - factory jobs, better pay, freedom, family in chicago
Pilsen changed from Czech to Mexican American. What does that show about the U.S. story?
Waves of immigrants each add their culture, showing the DIVERSITY of the American story
Pilsen changed groups, but Chinatown is still Chinese American. Give one reason an enclave might stay the same?
New immigrants keep arriving, buisness and associations hold it together, festivals keep drawing people back.
How did families keep their heritage alive?
through churches, language, food, and tradition
Respond to the counterclaim "Immigrants should fully assimilate and give up their old culture" using one neighborhood
Dependent on student response