For Wednesday's class please read the rest of Chapter Six and consider the following questions:
- How did the number of German immigrants compare to the number of Irish immigrants?
- What were the push and pull factors for German immigrants?
- What can you say about German American involvement in American politics?
- Contrast German settlement patterns and occupations to those of the Irish.
- Who was more likely to learn English and adopt American ways, German men or women? Why?
- What caused friction between German Americans and their neighbors? (list three things)
- What caused divisions among German Americans?
- How did German Jews impact the American Jewish community and what you wear?
- Did German Jews enter different occupations than other German immigrants?
- How did German Americans try to maintain their German culture in America? How did it work out?
- Why did Scandinavians immigrate to America?
- Why do we have so much data about Swedes and what does that data tell us about the intelligence of immigrants?
- Are ethnic enclaves a good or bad thing?
- What can you say about Danish migration and the Mormon Church?
- Why does Daniels say that the notion of an "Old Immigration" is bunk?
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