Homework

This homework assignment is due on Friday, and will be checked on Tuesday. Remember that your next Current Events portfolio is due on Tuesday.

Read pages 259-265, and answer the following questions. Your work should be your own, and inability to do so will result in a loss of credit on this assignment.

1. What were the reasons for the rapid increase in population between 1820 and 1840? What were the effects of this increase?
2. What were the major immigrant groups that came to the United States and where did they settle?
3. What population shifts took place between 1820 and 1840? How did they affect political divisions?
4. Why was the rise of New York City so phenomenal? What forces combined to make it America's leading city?
5. How did the foreign-born population become a major factor in American political life between 1820 and 1850? What elements considered this an "alien menace" and what was their response?