Cities in the 1800's that absorbed immigrants often had deep divisions between the upper and middle class areas and the immigrant filled ghettos. These ghettos became famous as both small cultural enclaves with separate ways of life and deeply economically depressed areas, as most of the immigrants coming to this country had little or no money to begin with.
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New York City
They were the new industrial cities, ones that could offer jobs.
When cities became industrialized, many people moved from the South and rural areas to find jobs. In the 1800s industrialized cities were overcrowded. They had many factories, retail stores, warehouse facilities, and offices. By the late 1800s noise and pollution were becoming a problem.
they were treated like all the other European immigrants that came to America. (but mostly treated unfairly)
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