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    The document contrasts old and new immigrants to America in the late 1800s. Old immigrants originated from Northern and Western Europe, were mainly Protestant, literate, arrived with families and some money. New immigrants came from Southern and Eastern Europe, were Orthodox, Catholic or Jewish, mostly illiterate, arrived alone and in poverty. It also describes the Gilded Age, Progressive Era, pre- and post-Industrial Revolution periods in America as well as the Supreme Court cases Plessy v Ferguson and Brown v Board of Education.

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    The document contrasts old and new immigrants to America in the late 1800s. Old immigrants originated from Northern and Western Europe, were mainly Protestant, literate, arrived with families and some money. New immigrants came from Southern and Eastern Europe, were Orthodox, Catholic or Jewish, mostly illiterate, arrived alone and in poverty. It also describes the Gilded Age, Progressive Era, pre- and post-Industrial Revolution periods in America as well as the Supreme Court cases Plessy v Ferguson and Brown v Board of Education.

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    OldImmigrants:

    OriginatedfromNorthernandWesternEurope
    MainlyProtestant
    Literate
    Camewithfamilies
    Arrivedwithsomemoney

    NewImmigrants:
    OriginatedfromSouthernandEasternEurope
    Orthodox,Catholic,Jewish
    Mostwereilliterate
    Camebythemselves
    Arrivedpoor

    TheGildedAge:
    PostCivilWartoabout1896
    Onthesurfaceeverythinglookedalrightbut
    underneathitwaspoliticalcorruptionandgreed
    Urbanization
    Poverty
    Increaseinimmigrants
    ThePopulistpartywascreatedinthelate1800s
    andtheyprotestedunfairbusiness

    TheProgressiveEra:
    1896tothelate1920s
    Politicalandsocialreform
    Alotofpoliticalcorruptionwaseliminated
    Unethicalbusinesspracticeswereexposed
    throughpeoplelikeUptonSinclair
    Lawswerepassedtoprotecttheworkingclass
    Progressivesprotestedtheunfairtreatmentof
    workers

    PreIndustrialRevolution:
    Smallercities
    Walking
    Goodswereproducedbyfamiliesforthemselves
    Peoplelivedinruralareas

    PostIndustrialRevolution:
    Moreurban
    Publictransportation
    Commercialism
    Machinemanufacturing

    PlessyvFerguson:
    Argued:April18th,1896
    Decided:May18th,1896
    Rulingcourt:SupremeCourt
    Thecourtdecidedthatsegregationwas
    constitutionalaslongasitwasseparatebut
    equal.

    BrownvBoardofEducation:
    Argued:December9th,1952
    Decided:May17th,1954
    Rulingcourt:SupremeCourt
    Ruledthatsegregatingchildreninschools
    deprivedtheminoritychildrenofequal
    educationalopportunitiesandwas
    unconstitutional.

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